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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
wan·der
[won-der] Pronunciation Key
[won-der] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth. |
| 2. | to go aimlessly, indirectly, or casually; meander: The river wanders among the rocks. |
| 3. | to extend in an irregular course or direction: Foothills wandered off to the south. |
| 4. | to move, pass, or turn idly, as the hand or the eyes. |
| 5. | (of the mind, thoughts, desires, etc.) to take one direction or another without conscious intent or control: His attention wandered as the speaker droned on. |
| 6. | to stray from a path, place, companions, etc.: During the storm the ship wandered from its course. |
| 7. | to deviate in conduct, belief, etc.; err; go astray: Let me not wander from Thy Commandments. |
| 8. | to think or speak confusedly or incoherently. |
| 9. | to travel about, on, or through: He wandered the streets. |
| 10. | Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device. |
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| wan·der
(wŏn'dər) Pronunciation Key
v. wan·dered, wan·der·ing, wan·ders v. intr.
v. tr. To wander across or through: wander the forests and fields. n. The act or an instance of wandering; a stroll. [Middle English wanderen, from Old English wandrian.] wan'der·er n., wan'der·ing·ly adv. Synonyms: These verbs mean to move about at random or without destination or purpose. Wander and ramble stress the absence of a fixed course or goal: wandered down the hall lost in thought. "They would go off together, rambling along the river" (John Galsworthy). |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
wander
wander
O.E. wandrian "move about aimlessly, wander," from W.Gmc. *wandrojan (cf. O.Fris. wondria, M.L.G., M.Du. wanderen, Ger. wandern "to wander," a variant form of the root represented in O.H.G. wantalon "to walk, wander"), from base *wend- "to turn" (see wind (v.)). In ref. to the mind, affections, etc., attested from c.1400. The Wandering Jew of Christian legend first mentioned 13c. (cf. Fr. le juif errant, Ger. der ewige Jude).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| wander | |
verb | |
| 1. | 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"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| 2. | be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" [syn: cheat on] |
| 3. | go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| 4. | 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" [syn: weave] |
| 5. | lose clarity or turn aside especially 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" [syn: digress] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Wander
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Wander
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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