wander (v.)

  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

    [ Syn: roll , swan , stray , tramp , roam , cast , ramble , rove , range , drift , vagabond ]

  2. be sexually unfaithful to ones partner in marriage; She cheats on her husband; Might her husband be wandering?

    [ Syn: cheat on , cheat , cuckold , betray ]

  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 , wind , thread , meander ]

  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; Dont digress when you give a lecture

    [ Syn: digress , stray , divagate ]

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