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To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: break bad, go bad
Antonyms: none provided
To behave in an adulterous manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The woman thought her husband had gone astray.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To come to believe an untruth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To become lost or mislaid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To be undesirable or unhelpful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- A pinch of salt in this dish wouldn't go astray.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I went astray and ended up lost.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ضَلَّ
(ḍalla)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Azerbaijani:
yoldan çıxmaq
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Azerbaijani:
düz yoldan çıxmaq
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Azerbaijani:
azmaq
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Azerbaijani:
sapmaq
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Azerbaijani:
yolunu azmaq
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Chinese Mandarin:
誤入歧途 /误入歧途
(wùrùqítú)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Danish:
komme langt ud
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Danish:
gå ned af bakke
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Finnish:
hairahtua
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Finnish:
poiketa
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Finnish:
eksyä
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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German:
auf die schiefe Bahn geraten
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Kashmiri:
وَتہِ ڈَلُن
(vati ḍalun)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Old Turkic:
𐰀𐰕
(āz-)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Russian:
сбива́ться с пути́
(sbivátʹsja s putí)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Russian:
сби́ться с пути́
(sbítʹsja s putí)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Sanskrit:
वञ्चति
(vañcati)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Thai:
หลง
(lǒng)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Thai:
หลงทาง
(lǒng-taang)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Thai:
ออกนอกลู่นอกทาง
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Turkish:
azmak
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Ottoman Turkish:
آزمق
(azmaq)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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Ottoman Turkish:
ییتمك
(yitmek)
— develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally
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German:
fremdgehen
— to behave in an adulterous manner
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Thai:
นอกใจ
(nɔ̂ɔk-jai)
— to behave in an adulterous manner
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Thai:
มีชู้
(mii-chúu)
— to behave in an adulterous manner
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Arabic:
ضَلَّ
(ḍalla)
— come to believe an untruth
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Azerbaijani:
yanılmaq
— come to believe an untruth
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Finnish:
mennä harhaan
— come to believe an untruth
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Russian:
заблужда́ться
(zabluždátʹsja)
— come to believe an untruth
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Azerbaijani:
itmək
— of objects: to become lost or mislaid
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German:
verloren gehen
— of objects: to become lost or mislaid
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German:
verlustig gehen
— of objects: to become lost or mislaid
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Russian:
потеря́ться
(poterjátʹsja)
— of objects: to become lost or mislaid
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Russian:
теря́ться
(terjátʹsja)
— of objects: to become lost or mislaid
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Swedish:
bli borttappat
— of objects: to become lost or mislaid
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Thai:
หาย
(hǎai)
— of objects: to become lost or mislaid
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Ottoman Turkish:
ییتمك
(yitmek)
— of objects: to become lost or mislaid
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German:
fehl am Platze sein
— to be undesirable or unhelpful
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German:
verkehrt sein
— to be undesirable or unhelpful
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German:
schlecht sein
— to be undesirable or unhelpful
