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astray

/əˈstɹeɪ/

astray adverb: away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.

Adverb

astray

  1. Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
    • Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey.1907, Virgil, “1.X”, in Edward Fairfax Taylor, transl., The Æneid of Virgil, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
  2. Away from what is right and good; into error or evil.

astray meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi

astray in Urdu

astray
اندھا andhā

astray in Malayalam

വഴിവിട്ട്

astray in Kannada

ದಾರಿತಪ್ಪಿದ, ಅಡ್ಡದಾರಿಹಿಡಿದು, ದಾರಿತಪ್ಪಿ

astray in Punjabi

astray, wrong
ਉਲਟ ulaṭ
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astray in Arabic
بِضَلَال biḍalāl, عَلَى ضَلَال ʕalā ḍalāl, ضَالًّا ḍāllan
astray in Indonesian
tersesat, tersasar

Examples of astray in a sentence

  • If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.
  • I brought my notes lest faulty memory lead me astray.
  • She was led astray by questionable companions.

All 13 example sentences with astray

Origin of astray

From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).

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Words that rhyme with astray

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Questions about astray

What does astray mean?
Astray means away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
What is astray in Urdu?
Astray in Urdu is اندھا (andhā). See Astray meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is astray?
Astray is an adverb.
How do you pronounce astray?
Astray is pronounced /əˈstɹeɪ/ (US).

Words near astray in the dictionary

  1. astrapotherians
  2. astrapotheriid
  3. astrapotheriids
  4. astration
  5. Astravyets
  6. astray
  7. AstraZeneca
  8. AstraZenecas
  9. Astrea
  10. astream
  11. astreated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: astray (page history and authors); اندھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); astray (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); astray (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉਲਟ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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