Definition of stray

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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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Aberrate :: Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.
Stre :: Strayer (n.) One who strays; a wanderer.
Strayer :: Stray (n.) The act of wandering or going astray.
Pinfold :: Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.
Stray :: Stray (a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err..
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.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..
Tralineate :: Tralineate (v. i.) To deviate; to stray; to wander.
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..
Miswend :: Miswend (v. i.) To go wrong; to go astray.
Waif :: Waif (n.) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
Vague :: Vague (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
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.
Devious :: Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step..
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..
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..
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.
Err :: Err (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin..
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