wander wander /ˈwɑːndɝ/

verb

1. () Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment  ( cast , ramble , roll , range , rove , stray , swan , tramp , vagabond , drift , roam , 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
   
2. () 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?
   
3. 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
   
4. 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
   
5. 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