Definitions for wander

Definitions for (verb) wander

Main entry: divagate, digress, wander, stray

Definition: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

Usage: She always digresses when telling a story; her mind wanders; Don't digress when you give a lecture


Main entry: tramp, swan, stray, drift, cast, roam, ramble, range, vagabond, wander, roll, rove

Definition: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Usage: 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


Main entry: meander, wander, weave, wind, thread

Definition: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Usage: the river winds through the hills; the path meanders through the vineyards; sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body


Main entry: wander

Definition: go via an indirect route or at no set pace

Usage: After dinner, we wandered into town


Main entry: betray, cheat, cheat on, wander, cuckold

Definition: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

Usage: She cheats on her husband; Might her husband be wandering?


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