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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Wander :: Wander (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject..
Tralineate :: Tralineate (v. i.) To deviate; to stray; to wander.
Astray :: Astray (adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray..
Err :: Err (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
Wide :: Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray..
Stray :: Straying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stra.
Divagation :: Divagation (n.) A wandering about or going astray; digression.
Afield :: Afield (adv.) Out of the way; astray.
Stray :: Stray (v. t.) To cause to stray.
Miswend :: Miswend (v. i.) To go wrong; to go astray.
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..
Seduction :: Seduction (n.) That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth..
Mislight :: Mislight (v. t.) To deceive or lead astray with a false light.
Hallucinate :: Hallucinate (v. i.) To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.
Strayer :: Stray (n.) The act of wandering or going astray.
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.
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..
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..
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 (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep..
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