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wan⋅der
[won-der]
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
–verb (used with object)
| 9. | to travel about, on, or through: He wandered the streets. |
–noun
| 10. | Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device. |
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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.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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Language Translation for : wander
Spanish:
recorrer; vagar, errar; pasearse sin propósito,
German:
ziehen,
Japanese:
歩き回る
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
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