Wander

/ˈwɒndə/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
2. (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
3. (intransitive) To commit adultery.
4. (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
5. (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
6. (countable) An act or instance of wandering.
7. (uncountable, of a value, signal or similar) Deviation from a correct or normal value.

Example Sentences

to wander over the fields

They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.

“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.

A writer wanders from his subject.

O, let me not wander from thy commandments.

to go for a wander in the park

baseline wander in ECG signals

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Word Forms

• wanders
• wandering
• wandered

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