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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Ye were as sheep going astray.           --1 Pet. ii.
                                                  25.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Astray:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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