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Definition of stray in English: strayverb streɪstreɪ [no object]1Move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place. dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray the military arrested anyone who strayed into the exclusion zone Example sentencesExamples - She said women were going into a small foyer next to the fitting rooms to give their men's clothes the once-over, but that some strayed into the actual changing room area.
- No fewer than four aircraft had strayed into the exclusion zone around Elvington, putting the lives of those in the air and on the ground at risk.
- He got into trouble when he strayed into Harlem.
- The statement refers to last month's incident during which a Chinese submarine strayed into Japanese waters and was chased out by the Japanese navy.
- The cause was a light plane flown by two hapless pilots from rural Pennsylvania, who mistakenly strayed into the restricted airspace surrounding Washington DC.
- Once or twice I thought I had strayed into a lecture course for undergraduates, because it feels as if the writer is repeating things he has said before.
- It's something we've strayed into ourselves before.
- His distribution was also hit and miss and he had strayed into an offside position when he put the ball in the net with his only shot of the match.
- The Russian air force scrambled a fighter jet to intercept a Manchester-bound airliner that had strayed into its air space
- The uncle, who was driving, strayed into the oncoming lane.
- Never stray more than fifty yards along the beach from the car park.
- Absentmindedly, she had strayed away from her path and walked into a back alley.
- In September, the Soviet air force shot down a South Korean passenger jet after it strayed into Soviet air space.
- The Marines were arrested after they strayed into Iranian waters.
- We saw that last week when an aeroplane strayed into the no-fly zone in Washington.
- Officers said they had strayed into Glodwick - starting point of the Oldham race riots last May - in search of a taxi and were confronted by a gang of up to 12 stick-wielding men.
- The men were held after their patrol boats strayed into Iranian coastal waters close to the Iraq border.
- According to the Civil Aviation Authority, he strayed into a two-mile wide no-fly zone over Heysham nuclear power station.
- It also provided a window on the long-standing predilections of a generation or three of trustees who got goose-bumps when anything English strayed into their path.
- She went for a long walk and strayed into the forest.
Synonyms wander off, go astray, drift, get separated get lost, lose one's way digress, deviate, wander, drift, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent get off the subject, lose the thread rare divagate - 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction (of the eyes or a hand) move idly or casually.
her eyes strayed to the telephone Example sentencesExamples - ‘Stephanie,’ Rayne began, eyes straying to my legs before falling on my face.
- Her hand strayed to her forehead and she closed her eyes.
- Seated in the club of late, I found my eyes straying to the walls.
- At its foot, Harland disconnects a telephone call, his eyes nonchalantly straying to hers.
- Her good hand strayed to the wound in her arm, and he mentally cursed himself for forgetting.
- While filming, she learned that Bhutanese monks performing religious ceremonies in people's homes often found their eyes straying to the television in the corner.
- His right hand strays to his cheek where it's quickly becoming red.
- No wonder Morshead's eyes regularly stray skyward, as dark clouds canter across furlongs of watery blue.
- The soldiers stiffened, their hands straying closer to the triggers pointed at her people.
- He felt his eyes straying to the Croce al Trebbio, the little granite column in the center of the piazza upon which a little bronze warrior proudly bore his sword.
- Her left hand strayed to her hip, towards the thin knife sheathed under her skirt.
- Three weeks into her degree, Fahd was sitting in the university library dutifully highlighting a pile of notes when her eyes strayed to an office building across the way.
- He took one of her tiny fists and kissed it, but his eyes strayed to where Lucia had disappeared.
- Twisting her hands together, her eyes strayed from Ben to the bed.
- Andrew raised his eyebrows, but his eyes didn't stray from his own face as he continued to toy with his hair.
- His right hand strayed to her cheek, brushing away a strand of hair and playing on her soft skin.
- My eyes strayed uncertainly towards the unmistakably masculine (but elegant) hand that gripped me firmly.
- He falls silent for a moment, his eyes straying back to the movie.
- Their right hands strayed absently to their sword-hilts.
- My left hand strayed out without me really thinking about it, and took hold of his right hand.
- 1.2 Be unfaithful to a spouse or partner.
men who stray are seen as more exciting and desirable Example sentencesExamples - Wild sex in all its variations night after night does not keep your partner from straying.
- Even if the two weren't exclusive, he would never stray far from her.
- Spouses sulk or stray; their adoptive mother feels rejected; their children get neglected.
- Many people say that if their partner strayed, they would prefer not to know about it.
- And it can lead to romance and marriage, but also to heartbreak when a partner strays.
- Men, it seems, are less inclined to snoop on their spouses, with just a quarter admitting that they would check emails and around a third text messages to catch out straying partners.
- Her own husband is the wife's straying partner.
- The way a straying partner restores trust is to go out of his way to prove his trustworthiness to you.
- Neither of us has ever strayed into marital infidelity.
- Shouldn't I have had the right to choose whether I wanted my straying spouse back?
Synonyms be unfaithful, have affairs, philander informal play around, carry on, play the field - 1.3literary no object, with adverbial of direction Wander or roam.
over these mounds the shepherd strays Synonyms digress, deviate, wander, drift, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent
adjective streɪstreɪ 1attributive Not in the right place; separated from the group or target. he pushed a few stray hairs from her face she was killed by a stray bullet Example sentencesExamples - He brushes a stray lock of hair away from Darin's face.
- The long-haired variety needs a regular brush and comb and occasional trimming of stray hairs.
- I fixed the last stray hair and turned to open the door.
- Atalana tugged at a stray piece of hair, looking bored.
- A stray hair can lead to unpleasant sensations in one's mouth.
- I would suggest you first pick up all stray hairs with a dampened paper towel so they don't get mixed up with your cloths and solutions.
- The cotton soon gives way to desert, where stray camels roam.
- ‘And many happy returns,’ Grandmother piped up, pulling a stray hair into her tight bun.
- Hailey brushed a stray strand of hair away from her face and smiled. ‘I've seen better.’
- Ashton chuckled and pushed a stray hair behind her ear.
- He brushed a stray lock of hair off of her forehead.
- I brushed a stray strand of her hair out of her face.
- She screamed, her hair in stray pieces along her forehead.
- She hurriedly grabbed her papers, gloves, and keys, tucked a stray hair behind her ear and looked sternly at me.
- Timothy tenderly swept stray locks of hair from her face.
- ‘You are going to do this,’ she said firmly, smoothing back a stray strand of hair.
- I blinked and slipped a stray piece of hair behind my ear.
- Andrew smiled unconsciously and reached out the back of his hand to stroke away stray hairs.
- She looked the strange man over a stray piece of hair falling haphazardly across her face.
- I grinned at him, flicking a stray lock of my hair back.
Synonyms random, chance, accidental, freak, unexpected, casual, haphazard odd, isolated, lone, single scattered, occasional, incidental - 1.1 (of a domestic animal) having no home or having wandered away from home.
Example sentencesExamples - Khalil has been heavily involved with wild animals like lions, bears and stray dogs in particular.
- She had adopted many of the stray cats that wandered Frost Castle, giving them more love and attention than she ever did her own fiancée.
- The department planned to erect additional fencing along the runway to keep out stray animals.
- But one of these animals brought death to this small village, when a stray dog went on the rampage, biting seven children.
- For the last few years Kingston have helped Richmond deal with their stray dogs, charging a fee per animal dealt with.
- The stray cats were seen wandering around in the greenland of Yandlord Garden, playing and searching for food day and night.
- Your child should never touch or feed stray cats or dogs wandering in the neighborhood or elsewhere.
- The streets were mostly deserted, filled by one or two stray cats and some rats.
- Currently Bulgaria has no legislation to regulate the relations between people and domestic and stray dogs.
- Furman is part of a loosely organized community of local animal lovers who take care of stray cats.
- Here and there, a stray cat or dog would dart in and out of sight, and one or two even come close enough to the travelers to beg for food.
- We are going to be among the many who will gladly take the extra refuse to the council offices, to prevent cats, foxes and stray dogs attacking bags which are propping our bin lids open.
- The hospital in Clarendon Drive cares for around 120 sick or injured stray cats a month.
- If a stray cat had wandered onto the field, it would have turned tail and looked for something less horrid.
- It was felt that this could encourage stray dogs, cats and even rats.
- The town decided to build the pound in 1734 to round up stray animals.
- And he has a string of bands to take to the stage to help raise cash for abandoned and stray cats and dogs.
- Streets once packed with stray cats and dogs mysteriously have none.
- Most people see a cuddly stray dog or cat as something to pet and perhaps take home as a pet.
- Every other day, my bin is tipped over and ripped open by stray cats, dogs and foxes.
Synonyms homeless, lost, strayed, gone astray abandoned, unclaimed wandering, vagrant
2Physics
attributive (of a physical quantity) arising as a consequence of the laws of physics, but unwanted and usually having a detrimental effect on the operation of equipment. Example sentencesExamples - Just as a few lines of code can have a huge impact on the performance of certain kernel functions, so too can a few stray atoms have a massive effect on a final molecular product.
- And so what we were trying to do was to design radio frequency probes that gave stray magnetic fields of a very precise nature that we could compensate for in the equipment.
- That's possible because all computers emit stray radiation.
- This method relies on the assumption that the stray capacitance and membrane conductance are negligible.
- Usually if your screen develops hot spots and tinged colour, it is probably due to the build-up of stray magnetic fields in your monitor.
noun streɪstreɪ 1A stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal. Example sentencesExamples - Charlie is a very happy and loving boy who came into the shelter as a stray.
- Jarrett swings the loop easily as he heads down the sage-covered ridge toward a stray.
- It is fairly safe to assume that any bird you see will be in its proper location and not a stray from abroad or the western part of the continent.
- May's feline is Alastair, who was found in very poor condition as a stray in the Minety area.
- It was there, wandering the streets of Kathmandu picking up strays, that she first discovered her love of animals.
- His owner adopted him as a stray.
- The former stray, who had been Mr Boffey's companion for the past three years, was later found unharmed in another farm vehicle.
- As a general rule, if you can pick it up, it is a sociable stray.
- As for the hound, he is nothing but a mooching stray.
- It seemed to be a healthy animal, not a wild stray, and more importantly, it sported a black collar.
- Cats are meat eaters so a large bowl of good quality tinned cat food along with a handful of dried cat food and a bowl of fresh water will most probably get a very warm reception from a hungry stray.
- He picked up his pace and ran full speed at the stray.
- She stayed low, not wanting to be hit by a stray of Carden's.
- The presence of this common deepwater skate in the waters encompassed by this list has not been shown, but a stray might be expected.
- They said he was a stray from Ireland and that his name was Jimmy.
- Only one of the overweight cats came in as a stray.
- He looked on the neck and found it had no collar, so he was probably a stray.
- But then Patch came to the rescue and went for the stray.
- None of them recognized her or had seen a black stray.
- She anxiously put a hand to her bangs, fixing imaginary strays and adjusting the many colored, chunky plastic bracelets on her arm.
Synonyms homeless animal, stray dog/cat homeless person, waif, foundling in Asia pye-dog 2straysElectrical phenomena interfering with radio reception. Example sentencesExamples - A description of the origin and nature of strays and their classification is given; together with a number of methods for their elimination.
- Using this method, the test specimen may remain connected to the circuit throughout, so that a usual source of difficulty, the variation in strays upon connexion, is avoided.
Derivatives noun This observation contrasts with experiments with anadromous trout which show that strayers, i.e. individuals spawning in a ‘wrong’ river, are most likely to ascend a river in close proximity to the natal river. Example sentencesExamples - The Senate Democrats, for instance, have four deputy whips whose job it is to get strayers into line on pivotal issues like, say, Social Security.
- Ray Jubitz was 3rd runner-up following quite a tidy round which unfortunately collected a few strayers affecting his final score.
Origin Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of stray in US English: strayverbstrāstreɪ [no object]1Move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place. dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray the military arrested anyone who strayed into the exclusion zone I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction Example sentencesExamples - She said women were going into a small foyer next to the fitting rooms to give their men's clothes the once-over, but that some strayed into the actual changing room area.
- We saw that last week when an aeroplane strayed into the no-fly zone in Washington.
- In September, the Soviet air force shot down a South Korean passenger jet after it strayed into Soviet air space.
- The Marines were arrested after they strayed into Iranian waters.
- It's something we've strayed into ourselves before.
- The cause was a light plane flown by two hapless pilots from rural Pennsylvania, who mistakenly strayed into the restricted airspace surrounding Washington DC.
- Officers said they had strayed into Glodwick - starting point of the Oldham race riots last May - in search of a taxi and were confronted by a gang of up to 12 stick-wielding men.
- She went for a long walk and strayed into the forest.
- The Russian air force scrambled a fighter jet to intercept a Manchester-bound airliner that had strayed into its air space
- Once or twice I thought I had strayed into a lecture course for undergraduates, because it feels as if the writer is repeating things he has said before.
- No fewer than four aircraft had strayed into the exclusion zone around Elvington, putting the lives of those in the air and on the ground at risk.
- It also provided a window on the long-standing predilections of a generation or three of trustees who got goose-bumps when anything English strayed into their path.
- The statement refers to last month's incident during which a Chinese submarine strayed into Japanese waters and was chased out by the Japanese navy.
- The uncle, who was driving, strayed into the oncoming lane.
- The men were held after their patrol boats strayed into Iranian coastal waters close to the Iraq border.
- Absentmindedly, she had strayed away from her path and walked into a back alley.
- Never stray more than fifty yards along the beach from the car park.
- He got into trouble when he strayed into Harlem.
- His distribution was also hit and miss and he had strayed into an offside position when he put the ball in the net with his only shot of the match.
- According to the Civil Aviation Authority, he strayed into a two-mile wide no-fly zone over Heysham nuclear power station.
Synonyms wander off, go astray, drift, get separated digress, deviate, wander, drift, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent - 1.1 (of the eyes or a hand) move idly or casually in a specified direction.
her eyes strayed to the telephone Example sentencesExamples - Her hand strayed to her forehead and she closed her eyes.
- While filming, she learned that Bhutanese monks performing religious ceremonies in people's homes often found their eyes straying to the television in the corner.
- Three weeks into her degree, Fahd was sitting in the university library dutifully highlighting a pile of notes when her eyes strayed to an office building across the way.
- Her left hand strayed to her hip, towards the thin knife sheathed under her skirt.
- ‘Stephanie,’ Rayne began, eyes straying to my legs before falling on my face.
- He falls silent for a moment, his eyes straying back to the movie.
- At its foot, Harland disconnects a telephone call, his eyes nonchalantly straying to hers.
- He took one of her tiny fists and kissed it, but his eyes strayed to where Lucia had disappeared.
- He felt his eyes straying to the Croce al Trebbio, the little granite column in the center of the piazza upon which a little bronze warrior proudly bore his sword.
- His right hand strays to his cheek where it's quickly becoming red.
- Seated in the club of late, I found my eyes straying to the walls.
- His right hand strayed to her cheek, brushing away a strand of hair and playing on her soft skin.
- Their right hands strayed absently to their sword-hilts.
- My left hand strayed out without me really thinking about it, and took hold of his right hand.
- Her good hand strayed to the wound in her arm, and he mentally cursed himself for forgetting.
- The soldiers stiffened, their hands straying closer to the triggers pointed at her people.
- My eyes strayed uncertainly towards the unmistakably masculine (but elegant) hand that gripped me firmly.
- No wonder Morshead's eyes regularly stray skyward, as dark clouds canter across furlongs of watery blue.
- Twisting her hands together, her eyes strayed from Ben to the bed.
- Andrew raised his eyebrows, but his eyes didn't stray from his own face as he continued to toy with his hair.
- 1.2 (of a person who is married or in a long-term relationship) be unfaithful.
men who stray are seen as more exciting and desirable Example sentencesExamples - Men, it seems, are less inclined to snoop on their spouses, with just a quarter admitting that they would check emails and around a third text messages to catch out straying partners.
- The way a straying partner restores trust is to go out of his way to prove his trustworthiness to you.
- Spouses sulk or stray; their adoptive mother feels rejected; their children get neglected.
- Her own husband is the wife's straying partner.
- Neither of us has ever strayed into marital infidelity.
- Even if the two weren't exclusive, he would never stray far from her.
- Wild sex in all its variations night after night does not keep your partner from straying.
- Many people say that if their partner strayed, they would prefer not to know about it.
- And it can lead to romance and marriage, but also to heartbreak when a partner strays.
- Shouldn't I have had the right to choose whether I wanted my straying spouse back?
Synonyms be unfaithful, have affairs, philander - 1.3literary Wander or roam in a specified direction.
over these mounds the Kurdish shepherd strays Synonyms digress, deviate, wander, drift, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent
adjectivestrāstreɪ 1Not in the right place; separated from the group or target. he pushed a few stray hairs from her face she was killed by a stray bullet Example sentencesExamples - He brushes a stray lock of hair away from Darin's face.
- I fixed the last stray hair and turned to open the door.
- Timothy tenderly swept stray locks of hair from her face.
- A stray hair can lead to unpleasant sensations in one's mouth.
- ‘And many happy returns,’ Grandmother piped up, pulling a stray hair into her tight bun.
- I brushed a stray strand of her hair out of her face.
- He brushed a stray lock of hair off of her forehead.
- Ashton chuckled and pushed a stray hair behind her ear.
- The long-haired variety needs a regular brush and comb and occasional trimming of stray hairs.
- ‘You are going to do this,’ she said firmly, smoothing back a stray strand of hair.
- Andrew smiled unconsciously and reached out the back of his hand to stroke away stray hairs.
- I blinked and slipped a stray piece of hair behind my ear.
- The cotton soon gives way to desert, where stray camels roam.
- Atalana tugged at a stray piece of hair, looking bored.
- I grinned at him, flicking a stray lock of my hair back.
- She screamed, her hair in stray pieces along her forehead.
- She hurriedly grabbed her papers, gloves, and keys, tucked a stray hair behind her ear and looked sternly at me.
- She looked the strange man over a stray piece of hair falling haphazardly across her face.
- I would suggest you first pick up all stray hairs with a dampened paper towel so they don't get mixed up with your cloths and solutions.
- Hailey brushed a stray strand of hair away from her face and smiled. ‘I've seen better.’
Synonyms random, chance, accidental, freak, unexpected, casual, haphazard - 1.1 (of a domestic animal) having no home or having wandered away from home.
Example sentencesExamples - The department planned to erect additional fencing along the runway to keep out stray animals.
- If a stray cat had wandered onto the field, it would have turned tail and looked for something less horrid.
- She had adopted many of the stray cats that wandered Frost Castle, giving them more love and attention than she ever did her own fiancée.
- Here and there, a stray cat or dog would dart in and out of sight, and one or two even come close enough to the travelers to beg for food.
- The town decided to build the pound in 1734 to round up stray animals.
- And he has a string of bands to take to the stage to help raise cash for abandoned and stray cats and dogs.
- Streets once packed with stray cats and dogs mysteriously have none.
- But one of these animals brought death to this small village, when a stray dog went on the rampage, biting seven children.
- Every other day, my bin is tipped over and ripped open by stray cats, dogs and foxes.
- The hospital in Clarendon Drive cares for around 120 sick or injured stray cats a month.
- Furman is part of a loosely organized community of local animal lovers who take care of stray cats.
- We are going to be among the many who will gladly take the extra refuse to the council offices, to prevent cats, foxes and stray dogs attacking bags which are propping our bin lids open.
- The streets were mostly deserted, filled by one or two stray cats and some rats.
- Most people see a cuddly stray dog or cat as something to pet and perhaps take home as a pet.
- It was felt that this could encourage stray dogs, cats and even rats.
- For the last few years Kingston have helped Richmond deal with their stray dogs, charging a fee per animal dealt with.
- The stray cats were seen wandering around in the greenland of Yandlord Garden, playing and searching for food day and night.
- Khalil has been heavily involved with wild animals like lions, bears and stray dogs in particular.
- Currently Bulgaria has no legislation to regulate the relations between people and domestic and stray dogs.
- Your child should never touch or feed stray cats or dogs wandering in the neighborhood or elsewhere.
Synonyms homeless, lost, strayed, gone astray
2Physics
(of a physical quantity) arising as a consequence of the laws of physics, not by deliberate design, and usually having a detrimental effect on the operation or efficiency of equipment. Example sentencesExamples - That's possible because all computers emit stray radiation.
- Usually if your screen develops hot spots and tinged colour, it is probably due to the build-up of stray magnetic fields in your monitor.
- This method relies on the assumption that the stray capacitance and membrane conductance are negligible.
- Just as a few lines of code can have a huge impact on the performance of certain kernel functions, so too can a few stray atoms have a massive effect on a final molecular product.
- And so what we were trying to do was to design radio frequency probes that gave stray magnetic fields of a very precise nature that we could compensate for in the equipment.
nounstrāstreɪ 1A stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal. Example sentencesExamples - The former stray, who had been Mr Boffey's companion for the past three years, was later found unharmed in another farm vehicle.
- None of them recognized her or had seen a black stray.
- He looked on the neck and found it had no collar, so he was probably a stray.
- It seemed to be a healthy animal, not a wild stray, and more importantly, it sported a black collar.
- She stayed low, not wanting to be hit by a stray of Carden's.
- They said he was a stray from Ireland and that his name was Jimmy.
- As for the hound, he is nothing but a mooching stray.
- It was there, wandering the streets of Kathmandu picking up strays, that she first discovered her love of animals.
- The presence of this common deepwater skate in the waters encompassed by this list has not been shown, but a stray might be expected.
- As a general rule, if you can pick it up, it is a sociable stray.
- Only one of the overweight cats came in as a stray.
- Cats are meat eaters so a large bowl of good quality tinned cat food along with a handful of dried cat food and a bowl of fresh water will most probably get a very warm reception from a hungry stray.
- Jarrett swings the loop easily as he heads down the sage-covered ridge toward a stray.
- He picked up his pace and ran full speed at the stray.
- Charlie is a very happy and loving boy who came into the shelter as a stray.
- It is fairly safe to assume that any bird you see will be in its proper location and not a stray from abroad or the western part of the continent.
- His owner adopted him as a stray.
- But then Patch came to the rescue and went for the stray.
- May's feline is Alastair, who was found in very poor condition as a stray in the Minety area.
- She anxiously put a hand to her bangs, fixing imaginary strays and adjusting the many colored, chunky plastic bracelets on her arm.
Synonyms homeless animal, stray cat, stray dog 2straysElectrical phenomena interfering with radio reception. Example sentencesExamples - Using this method, the test specimen may remain connected to the circuit throughout, so that a usual source of difficulty, the variation in strays upon connexion, is avoided.
- A description of the origin and nature of strays and their classification is given; together with a number of methods for their elimination.
Origin Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray. |