Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

straying

/stɹˈeɪɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: stray-ing
IPA: /stɹˈeɪɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stray

noun

The act of one who strays; deviation or sin, often sexual infidelity.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Wire netting has been erected in many places to stop straying animals, and most of the level crossing gates are locked and broken."
"The soul is described as a dove who once nested in God's protective shade, and her strayings from the straight and narrow are portrayed as a descent into the defiling world of corporeality[…]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

strayings (plural)

Rhymes With

saying playing paying non-paying staying laying praying weighing displaying spraying delaying surveying

Questions

How do you pronounce straying?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹˈeɪɪŋ/.
What does straying mean?: present participle and gerund of stray

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