What is the meaning of wander?

verb

  • 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"
  • Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.
    • usage: "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering"
  • Go via an indirect route or at no set pace.
    • usage: "After dinner, we wandered into town"
  • 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"
  • 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"
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APAWordNet. (2010). wander. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/wander/definitions/1320023
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