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wander definition wander meaning and wander synonyms
verb
Meaning 1 move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Synonym roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
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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

wander definition wander meaning and wander synonyms
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Meaning 2 be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
Synonym cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray
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She cheats on her husband

Might her husband be wandering?

wander definition wander meaning and wander synonyms
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Meaning 3 go via an indirect route or at no set pace
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Usage After dinner, we wandered into town
wander definition wander meaning and wander synonyms
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Meaning 4 to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
Synonym weave, wind, thread, meander
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the river winds through the hills

the path meanders through the vineyards

sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

wander definition wander meaning and wander synonyms
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Meaning 5 lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
Synonym digress, stray, divagate
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She always digresses when telling a story

her mind wanders

Don't digress when you give a lecture

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