Definition of stray

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Stray (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray..

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Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
Wander :: Wander (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject..
Seduce :: Seduce (v. t.) To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.
Amiss :: Amiss (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
Miswander :: Miswander (v. i.) To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.
Err :: Err (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin..
Impound :: Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping..
Pinfold :: Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.
Seduction :: Seduction (n.) That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth..
Straying :: Strayed (imp. & p. p.) of Stra.
Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle..
Waif :: Waif (n.) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
Entice :: Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..
Migo :: Migo (v. i.) To go astray.
Stray :: Stray (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray..
Varier :: Varier (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
Stray :: Stray (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep..
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.
Erroneous :: Erroneous (a.) Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural..
Aberrate :: Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.
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