Definition of stray

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Stray (a.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way..

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Devious :: Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
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..
Miswend :: Miswend (v. i.) To go wrong; to go astray.
Stray :: Stray (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray..
Forwander :: Forwander (v. i.) To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
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.
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..
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.
Aberr :: Aberr (v. i.) To wander; to stray.
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..
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..
Hallucinate :: Hallucinate (v. i.) To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.
Stray :: Stray (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep..
Vague :: Vague (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
Undirected :: Undirected (a.) Misdirected; misled; led astray.
Estray :: Estray (v. i.) To stray.
Aberrate :: Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.
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..
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