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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..

Stray :: Stray (n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively..

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..

Hopple :: Hopple (v. t.) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse..

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..

Fence :: Fence (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within..

Amiss :: Amiss (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.

Pervert :: Pervert (v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words..

Deviate :: Deviate (v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

Undirected :: Undirected (a.) Misdirected; misled; led astray.

Seductive :: Seductive (a.) Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer..

Estray :: Estray (v. i.) To stray.

Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way..

Waif :: Waif (n.) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.

Stray :: Stray (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep..

Pinfold :: Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.

Varier :: Varier (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.

Aberrant :: Aberrant (a.) Wandering; straying from the right way.

Afield :: Afield (adv.) Out of the way; astray.

Wander :: Wander (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject..

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