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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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stray

/streɪ/

US pronunciation

American sound/streɪ/

stray

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

US voice -> stray

Myanmar meaning

(v.i) လမ်းလွှဲသည်။လမ်းချော်သည်။

Full entry

stray /streÇ/ v

၁။ လမ်းလွဲ သည်။ လမ်းမှားသည်။ အုပ်ကွဲသည်။ သင်းကွဲသည်။ stray into the path of an oncoming car ❍ Young children should not be allowed to stray from their parents. ❍ We strayed off the route because I didn't read the map correctly. ❍ Some of the sheep have strayed.
၂။ သွေဖည်သွားသည်။ စိတ်ကစားသည်။ လွင့်ပါးသည်။ My mind kept straying from the discussion (to other things). ❍ We seem to have strayed from the point.
adj
၁။ လေလွင့်နေသော။ ပျောက်ဆုံးနေသော။
a home for stray dogs.
၂။ နေရာတကျမဟုတ်သော။ လွဲသော။ ချော်သော။ killed by a stray bullet ❍ a few stray hairs. ပျံ့လွင့်နေသော ဆံစအချို့။
n
၁။ အလေအလွင့်။ This dog must be a stray. See also WAIF (ခ)
၂။ နေထားတကျမဟုတ်သော အရာ (သို့) တစ်ရံ တစ်ဆစ်ဖြစ်သော ဖြစ်ရပ် (သို့) သင်းကွဲ၊ အုပ်ကွဲ။

More examples

She let her hands stray over his body.
[stray to] : Her eyes strayed to the clock on the wall.
The plane strayed into Chinese airspace.
Walkers are reminded not to stray from the path.

Synonyms

wander away, wander off, go astray, get lost, drift, lose your way, abandoned, be abandoned, be lost, circumlocute, depart, deviate, devious, digress, divagate, diverge, do wrong, err, erratic, excurse, gad, gallivant, get off the subject, get off the track, get sidetracked, go all over the map, go amiss, go off on a tangent, homeless, lose one's way, lost, meander, orphan, ragamuffin, ramble, range, roam, roaming, rove, roving, sin, soul, straggle, swerve, traipse, turn, urchin, vagrant, waif, wander, wandering

Antonyms

acquirer, appropriator, be direct, bombsight, discoverer, finder, go direct, gunsight, homing device, periscope, remain, search party, sonar, spotter, stay, viewfinder

Cross references

wander away wander off go astray get lost drift lose your way abandoned be abandoned be lost circumlocute depart deviate devious digress divagate diverge do wrong err erratic excurse gad gallivant get off the subject get off the track get sidetracked go all over the map go amiss go off on a tangent

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