![]() ![]() adjective Having gone astray strayed wandering.noun rare The act of wandering or going astray.noun Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost an estray. ![]() To move about without or as without settled purpose or direction.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.To wander from the path of truth, duty, or rectitude turn from the accustomed or prescribed course deviate.To wander, as from a direct course deviate or go out of the way or from the proper limits go astray.noun Hence A person or persons astray a straggler a truant.noun Any domestic animal that has left an inclosure or its proper place and company, and wanders at large or is lost an estray.Having gone astray strayed wandering straggling incidental.noun In wireless telegraphy, a disturbance due to fluctuating differences of potential between the top of the antennæ of a receiving station and the earth which sometimes affects the recording instrument and interferes with signaling.noun Property left behind by an alien at his death, and escheated to the king in default of heirs.adjective Straying or having strayed wandering or lost.noun One that has strayed, especially a domestic animal wandering about.intransitive verb To become diverted, as from a subject or train of thought: synonym: swerve.intransitive verb To act contrary to moral or proper behavior, especially in being sexually unfaithful.intransitive verb To follow a winding or erratic course.intransitive verb To be directed without apparent purpose look in an idle or casual manner.intransitive verb To move without a destination or purpose wander: synonym: wander.intransitive verb To move away from a group, deviate from a course, or escape from established limits.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. ![]()
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