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Wander Definition And Meaning
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.

Wander Definition And Meaning

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?"

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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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