| lead astray | | |
| v. (social) | 1. lead astray, lead off | teach immoral behavior to.; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" |
| ~ corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" |
| v. (motion) | 2. lead astray, misdirect, misguide, mislead | lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" |
| ~ lead, guide, take, conduct, direct | take somebody somewhere.; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
| v. (communication) | 3. betray, deceive, lead astray | cause someone to believe an untruth.; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" |
| ~ misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ personate, impersonate, pose | pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions.; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" |
| ~ bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, hoodwink, snow | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" |
| ~ cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, befool, gull, slang, take in, fool, put on | fool or hoax.; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" |
| stray | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. stray | an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal). |
| ~ domestic animal, domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment. |
| v. (motion) | 2. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | 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" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ maunder | wander aimlessly. |
| ~ gad, gallivant, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. |
| ~ drift, err, stray | 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" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (motion) | 3. drift, err, stray | 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" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, ramble, range, swan, drift, tramp, cast, roll | 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" |
| v. (communication) | 4. digress, divagate, stray, wander | 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" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| adj. | 5. isolated, stray | not close together in time.; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" |
| ~ sporadic | recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances.; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids" |
| adj. | 6. stray | (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home.; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog" |
| ~ lost | no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered.; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities" |
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