Definition of stray

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

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Misstep :: Misstep (v. i.) To take a wrong step; to go astray.
Erroneous :: Erroneous (a.) Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural..
Amiss :: Amiss (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals..
Tralineate :: Tralineate (v. i.) To deviate; to stray; to wander.
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..
Stray :: Stray (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep..
Aberrate :: Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.
Misguide :: Misguide (v. t.) To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..
Stray :: Stray (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray..
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.
Vague :: Vague (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
Seductive :: Seductive (a.) Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer..
Varier :: Varier (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
Wander :: Wander (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject..
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..
Afield :: Afield (adv.) Out of the way; astray.
Inveigle :: Inveigle (v. t.) To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
Circumduct :: Circumduct (v. t.) To lead about; to lead astray.
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