Definition of stray

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Stray (a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err..

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Mislead :: Mislead (v. t.) To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
Misstep :: Misstep (v. i.) To take a wrong step; to go astray.
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..
Strayer :: Stray (n.) The act of wandering or going astray.
Stray :: Stray (a.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way..
Wander :: Wander (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject..
Varier :: Varier (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
Pinfold :: Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.
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..
Stray :: Stray (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep..
Aberrate :: Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.
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.
Vague :: Vague (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
Straying :: Strayed (imp. & p. p.) of Stra.
Astray :: Astray (adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray..
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..
Err :: Err (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin..
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..
Miswander :: Miswander (v. i.) To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
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