Wander

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move about without a definite destination or purpose.
  • verb-intransitive. To go by an indirect route or at no set pace; amble: wander toward town.
  • verb-intransitive. To proceed in an irregular course; meander.
  • verb-intransitive. To go astray: wander from the path of righteousness.
  • verb-intransitive. To lose clarity or coherence of thought or expression.
  • v. To wander across or through: wander the forests and fields.
  • n. The act or an instance of wandering; a stroll.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To move without purpose; often in search of livelihood.
  • v. To stray; stray from one's course; err.
  • v. To commit adultery.
  • v. To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
  • v. Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
  • n. The act or instance of wandering.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove.
  • verb-intransitive. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray.
  • verb-intransitive. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave.
  • v. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In physical chemistry, to move hither and thither in every direction: said of the molecules of a liquid or of the molecules of two miscible liquids in contact with each other.
  • To ramble with out, or as if without, any certain course or object in view; travel or move from place to place; range about; roam; rove; stroll; stray.
  • To leave home or a settled place of abode; depart; migrate.
  • To depart from any settled course; go astray, as from the paths of duty; stray; de viate; err.
  • To lose one's way; be lost.
  • To think or speak incoherently; rave; be de lirious.
  • Synonyms 1-3. Roam, Rove, etc. (see ramble), straggle.
  • Swerve, digress.
  • To travel over without a cer tain course; stroll through; traverse.
  • To lead astray; cause to lose the way or become lost.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  • v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  • v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
  • v. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
  • v. go via an indirect route or at no set pace
  • Verb Form
    wandered    wandering    wanders   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tell    go forward    continue    proceed   
    Cross Reference
    migrate    deviate    wandering ants   
    Form
    wander off   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stroll    rove    depart    deviate    rave    traverse    ramble    rambling    roam    divagation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    blonder    conder    condor    fonder    ponder    responder    squander    transponder    yonder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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