Err

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To make an error or a mistake.
  • verb-intransitive. To violate accepted moral standards; sin.
  • verb-intransitive. Archaic To stray.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make a mistake.
  • v. To sin.
  • v. to stray.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To wander; to roam; to stray.
  • verb-intransitive. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
  • verb-intransitive. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
  • verb-intransitive. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
  • verb-intransitive. To offend, as by erring.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To wander; go in a devious and uncertain course.
  • To deviate from the true course or purpose; hence, to wander from truth or from the path of duty; depart from rectitude; go astray morally.
  • To go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; blunder; misapprehend.
  • To mislead; cause to deviate from truth or rectitude.
  • To miss; mistake.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to make a mistake or be incorrect
  • v. wander from a direct course or at random
  • Verb Form
    erred    erring    errs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    locomote    travel    move    go   
    Hyponym
    fall for    trip up    stumble    slip up    misjudge    misremember   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sin    mistake    nod    slip    slip up    tri-    fall    wander    stray    stumble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adair    Aer    Altair    Astaire    Ayre    Baer    Bear    Blair    Burr    Cher