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stray
(encz) | stray,bloudit v: Zdeněk Brož |
stray
(encz) | stray,louda n: Zdeněk Brož |
stray
(encz) | stray,zabloudit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Stray
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Strayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Straying.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj.,
stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L.
strata (sc. via) a paved road. See Street, and Stray, a.]
1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out
of the way.
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Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham.
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2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove
at large; to roam; to go astray.
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Now, until the break of day,
Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak.
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A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak.
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3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or
rectitude; to err.
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We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --??? of
Com. Prayer.
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While meaner things, whom instinct leads,
Are rarely known to stray. --Cowper.
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Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.
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Stray
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, n.
1. 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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Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray.
--Dryden.
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2. The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] --Shak.
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Stray
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, v. t.
To cause to stray. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Stray
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, a. [Cf. OF. estrai['e], p. p. of estraier. See
Stray, v. i., and cf. Astray, Estray.]
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or
sheep.
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Stray line (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is
veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the
stern eddies before the glass is turned.
Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the
stray line.
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stray
(wn) | stray
adj 1: not close together in time; "isolated instances of
rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" [syn: isolated,
stray]
2: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from
home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"
n 1: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
v 1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from
one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
[syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,
cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed
from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't
drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift]
3: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject
of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or
speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her
mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" [syn:
digress, stray, divagate, wander] |
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astray
(encz) | astray,mylný astray,na omylu astray,zbloudilý |
lead astray
(encz) | lead astray,svést Zdeněk Brožlead astray,svést z cesty Zdeněk Brož |
leading astray
(encz) | leading astray, n: |
strayed
(encz) | strayed,zabloudil v: Zdeněk Brož |
strayer
(encz) | strayer, n: |
straying
(encz) | straying,bloudění n: Zdeněk Brožstraying,toulání n: Zdeněk Brož |
the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray
(encz) | the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray, |
Astray
(gcide) | Astray \A*stray"\, adv. & a. [See Estray, Stray.]
Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative
sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
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Ye were as sheep going astray. --1 Pet. ii.
25.
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Estray
(gcide) | Estray \Es*tray"\, v. i.
To stray. [Obs.] --Daniel.
[1913 Webster]Estray \Es*tray"\ n. (Law)
Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its
owner; a stray. --Burrill.
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Stray
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Strayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Straying.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj.,
stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L.
strata (sc. via) a paved road. See Street, and Stray, a.]
1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out
of the way.
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Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham.
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2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove
at large; to roam; to go astray.
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Now, until the break of day,
Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak.
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A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak.
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3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or
rectitude; to err.
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We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --??? of
Com. Prayer.
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While meaner things, whom instinct leads,
Are rarely known to stray. --Cowper.
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Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.
[1913 Webster]Stray \Stray\, n.
1. 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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Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray.
--Dryden.
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2. The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Stray \Stray\, v. t.
To cause to stray. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Stray \Stray\, a. [Cf. OF. estrai['e], p. p. of estraier. See
Stray, v. i., and cf. Astray, Estray.]
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or
sheep.
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Stray line (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is
veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the
stern eddies before the glass is turned.
Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the
stray line.
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Stray line
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, a. [Cf. OF. estrai['e], p. p. of estraier. See
Stray, v. i., and cf. Astray, Estray.]
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or
sheep.
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Stray line (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is
veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the
stern eddies before the glass is turned.
Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the
stray line.
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Stray mark
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, a. [Cf. OF. estrai['e], p. p. of estraier. See
Stray, v. i., and cf. Astray, Estray.]
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or
sheep.
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Stray line (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is
veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the
stern eddies before the glass is turned.
Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the
stray line.
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Strayed
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Strayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Straying.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj.,
stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L.
strata (sc. via) a paved road. See Street, and Stray, a.]
1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out
of the way.
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Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham.
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2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove
at large; to roam; to go astray.
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Now, until the break of day,
Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak.
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A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak.
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3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or
rectitude; to err.
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We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --??? of
Com. Prayer.
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While meaner things, whom instinct leads,
Are rarely known to stray. --Cowper.
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Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.
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Strayer
(gcide) | Strayer \Stray"er\, n.
One who strays; a wanderer.
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Straying
(gcide) | Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Strayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Straying.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj.,
stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L.
strata (sc. via) a paved road. See Street, and Stray, a.]
1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out
of the way.
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Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham.
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2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove
at large; to roam; to go astray.
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Now, until the break of day,
Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak.
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A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak.
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3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or
rectitude; to err.
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We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --??? of
Com. Prayer.
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While meaner things, whom instinct leads,
Are rarely known to stray. --Cowper.
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Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.
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To get astray
(gcide) | Get \Get\ (g[e^]t), v. i.
1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive
accessions; to be increased.
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We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.
--Shak.
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2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,
condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with
a following adjective or past participle belonging to the
subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to
get beaten; to get elected.
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To get rid of fools and scoundrels. --Pope.
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His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.
--Coleridge.
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Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,
or a power of verbal expression which is neither active
nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,
confused, dressed.
--Earle.
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Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following
preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the
part of the subject of the act, movement or action of
the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in
the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,
to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,
to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,
to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or
figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;
hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to
enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;
to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be
done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to
alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,
to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to
convene.
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To get ahead, to advance; to prosper.
To get along, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.
To get a mile (or other distance), to pass over it in
traveling.
To get among, to go or come into the company of; to become
one of a number.
To get asleep, to fall asleep.
To get astray, to wander out of the right way.
To get at, to reach; to make way to.
To get away with, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get
the better of; to defeat.
To get back, to arrive at the place from which one
departed; to return.
To get before, to arrive in front, or more forward.
To get behind, to fall in the rear; to lag.
To get between, to arrive between.
To get beyond, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to
surpass. "Three score and ten is the age of man, a few get
beyond it." --Thackeray.
To get clear, to disengage one's self; to be released, as
from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed
from danger or embarrassment.
To get drunk, to become intoxicated.
To get forward, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;
to advance in wealth.
To get home, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.
To get into.
(a) To enter, as, "she prepared to get into the coach."
--Dickens.
(b) To pass into, or reach; as, " a language has got into
the inflated state." --Keary.
To get loose or To get free, to disengage one's self; to
be released from confinement.
To get near, to approach within a small distance.
To get on, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.
To get over.
(a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or
difficulty.
(b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.
To get through.
(a) To pass through something.
(b) To finish what one was doing.
To get up.
(a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.
(b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of
stairs, etc.
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To lead astray
(gcide) | Lead \Lead\ (l[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Led (l[e^]d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Leading.] [OE. leden, AS. l[=ae]dan (akin to OS.
l[=e]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][eth]a, Sw.
leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[eth]an to
go; akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][eth]a, Goth.
lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf. Lode, Loath.]
1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some
physical contact or connection; as, a father leads a
child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a
blind man.
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If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in
the ditch. --Wyclif
(Matt. xv.
14.)
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They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto
the brow of the hill. --Luke iv. 29.
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In thy right hand lead with thee
The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. --Milton.
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2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain
place or end, by making the way known; to show the way,
esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence,
figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to
lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
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The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a
cloud, to lead them the way. --Ex. xiii.
21.
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He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii.
2.
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This thought might lead me through the world's vain
mask.
Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
--Milton.
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3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or
charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a
search; to lead a political party.
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Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he
might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or
possess places. --South.
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4. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be
foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet
of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads
the orators of all ages.
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As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax.
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And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh
Hunt.
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5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to
prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead
one to espouse a righteous cause.
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He was driven by the necessities of the times, more
than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
actions. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers
lusts. --2 Tim. iii.
6 (Rev. Ver.).
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6. To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a
certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to
follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to
cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
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That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1
Tim. ii. 2.
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Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson.
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You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife
and daughter. --Dickens.
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7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with;
as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
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To lead astray, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to
seduce from truth or rectitude.
To lead captive, to carry or bring into captivity.
To lead the way, to show the way by going in front; to act
as guide. --Goldsmith.
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astray
(wn) | astray
adv 1: away from the right path or direction; "he was led
astray"
2: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the
mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn:
wide, astray] |
lead astray
(wn) | lead astray
v 1: teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead
off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" [syn: {lead
off}, lead astray]
2: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong
directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town
driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, {lead
astray}]
3: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company
deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
[syn: deceive, betray, lead astray] [ant: undeceive] |
leading astray
(wn) | leading astray
n 1: the act of enticing others into sinful ways [syn: {leading
astray}, leading off] |
strayer
(wn) | strayer
n 1: someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler,
strayer] |
straying
(wn) | straying
adj 1: unable to find your way; "found the straying sheep" |
ESTRAYS
(bouvier) | ESTRAYS. Cattle whose owner is unknown.
2. In the United States, generally, it is presumed by local
regulations, they are subject to, being sold for the benefit of the poor, of
some other public use, of the place where found.
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