wander
wander /ˈwɑːndɝ/
verb
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(
)
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
(
cast
, ramble
, roll
, swan
, drift
, range
, roam
, rove
, stray
, tramp
, vagabond
, wander
)
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
The gypsies roamed the woods
The gypsies roamed the woods
Roving vagabonds
roving vagabonds
The wandering Jew
the wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
The cattle roam across the prairie
The laborers drift from one town to the next
the laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town
They rolled from town to town
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(
)
Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
(
cheat
, cheat on
, cuckold
, betray
, wander
)
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
She cheats on her husband
She cheats on her husband
Might her husband be wandering?
Might her husband be wandering?
-
Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
(
divagate
, stray
, wander
, digress
)
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
She always digresses when telling a story
She always digresses when telling a story
Her mind wanders
her mind wanders
Don't digress when you give a lecture
Don't digress when you give a lecture
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To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
(
wander
, weave
, meander
, thread
, wind
)
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
The river winds through the hills
the river winds through the hills
The path meanders through the vineyards
the path meanders through the vineyards
Sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
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Go via an indirect route or at no set pace
(
wander
)
go via an indirect route or at no set pace
After dinner, we wandered into town
After dinner, we wandered into town