stray

[strei] 1. verb

(to wander, especially from the right path, place etc: The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed; to stray from the point.) zaiti

2. noun

(a cat, dog etc that has strayed and has no home.) klatež

3. adjective

1) (wandering or lost: stray cats and dogs.) klateški

2) (occasional, or not part of a general group or tendency: The sky was clear except for one or two stray clouds.) slučajen

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I [stréi]

1.

noun

(domača) žival, ki je zašla, zablodila, se izgubila; brezdomec, klatež; plural radio atmosferske motnje; juridically premoženje umrlega, ki pride v last države, ker ni dediča; blago brez lastnika

waifs and strays — otroci brez doma, ptički brez gnezda;

2.

adjective

zablodel, ki je zašel, se izgubil, brezdomen; osamljen, posamezen, poedin, tu pa tam kateri; raztresen, razmetan, razkropljen, ki se najde tu pa tam, ki se javlja od časa do časa; slučajen

a stray dog — zatečen pes

a stray remark — slučajna opazka

one or two stray customers — eden ali dva slučajna (osamljena) odjemalca

II [stréi]

intransitive verb (za)bloditi, zaiti, klatiti se; oddaljiti se (from od); figuratively zaiti na kriva pota

straying sheep — zgubljena ovca (tudi figuratively)

to stray away, to stray off — stran, proč steči

to stray to — (s)teči k, proti