wander

1. v. i. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject. Source: opted

3. v. i. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders. Source: opted

4. v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. Source: opted

5. v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment Source: wordnet

6. v. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage Source: wordnet

7. v. go via an indirect route or at no set pace Source: wordnet

8. v. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course Source: wordnet

9. v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking Source: wordnet

10. 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. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] "[Elijah] wandered this barren waste." Milton. Source: webster

11. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to strollthrough. [R.] "[Elijah] wandered this barren waste." Milton. Source: adambom

12. n:1/v:99 v. go via an indirect route or at no set pace Source: ecdict

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