intransitive. To wander, go astray; to err, be deluded.

intransitive. To go astray (literal and figurative); to come to grief, go to ruin. Also transitive (in passive) in same sense.

In wider sense = go, v. to fare astray (†misliche, amiss): = to go astray. Obsolete or archaic.

to step astray, awry, †beside: to move from the straight or proper path (literal and figurative). See also to step aside at phrasal verbs 1.

intransitive. To go astray.

intransitive. To go beyond or exceed bounds; to stray; to break away from a certain place, or from established norms; to become separated (from)…

intransitive. To escape from confinement or control, to wander away from a place, one's companions, etc. Const. from, into, also with abroad, away…

To wander, stray.

intransitive. To go out of the way, go astray; figurative to err, make a mistake.

intransitive. To wander out or away; to stray. Also Biology (of a cell): to migrate outwards into surrounding tissues.

intransitive. To wander or stray from the proper road, one's companions, etc.; to rove without fixed direction; to go up and down dispersedly. Often…

To stray from. Obsolete.

Of persons (or things completely, or in part, personified): To deviate from a given path, or determined course; to turn aside from a mark or object…

To rove, stray. Also figurative to digress.

intransitive. To turn aside; to go astray. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To stray, wander aimlessly; (also) to charge unheedingly, to rush headlong. Also figurative.

intransitive. To stray, n. literal and figurative.

transitive. To put aside, dispense with; intransitive. To stray, wander.

Gerundially in to go a-straying. Now only archaic.

intransitive. To deviate from the right path, err, go astray.

To go astray; to stray from (one's path or line of direction). Chiefly figurative and now archaic.

intransitive. To be delirious, to babble; to wander about aimlessly, ramble. (cf. mither, v. 3). Also figurative.

intransitive. To stray or wander like a maverick. rare.