About The Word Wander
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Wander
Wander Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Wander?
[v] lose clarity or turn aside esp. from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
[v] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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" [v] to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" [v] go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town" [v] be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wander: betray | cast | cheat | cheat on | cuckold | digress | divagate | drift | meander | ramble | range | roam | rove | stray | stray | swan | thread | tramp | vagabond | weave | wind Related Terms | Find terms related to Wander: See Also | continue | cozen | deceive | delude | fool around | gad | gallivant | go | go forward | jazz around | lead on | locomote | maunder | move | play around | proceed | snake | tell | travel | twotime Wander In Webster's Dictionary \Wan"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wandered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wandering}.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS. wandrian; akin
to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See {Wind}
to turn.]
1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or
with no definite object in view; to range about; to
stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
--Heb. xi. 37.
He wandereth abroad for bread. --Job xv. 23.
2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go
astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
--Gen. xx. 13.
O, let me not wander from thy commandments. --Ps.
cxix. 10.
3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason;
to rave; as, the mind wanders.
Syn: To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
swerve; deviate; depart.
\Wan"der\, v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] ``[Elijah] wandered this barren waste.'' --Milton. |
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