What does Wander mean?

Definitions for Wander
ˈwɒn dərwan·der

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Wander.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabondverb

    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. cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wanderverb

    be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

    "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

  3. wanderverb

    go via an indirect route or at no set pace

    "After dinner, we wandered into town"

  4. weave, wind, thread, meander, wanderverb

    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"

  5. digress, stray, divagate, wanderverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. wandernoun

    The act or instance of wandering.

    To go for a wander

  2. wanderverb

    To move without purpose; often in search of livelihood.

  3. wanderverb

    To commit adultery.

  4. wanderverb

    To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.

  5. wanderverb

    Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Wanderverb

    To travel over, without a certain course.

    The nether flood
    Runs diverse, wand’ring many a famous realm. John Milton.

    Those few escap’d
    Famine and anguish, will at last consume,
    Wand’ring that wat’ry desart. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix.

    See harness’d steeds desert the stony town,
    And wander roads unstable, not their own. John Gay.

  2. To Wanderverb

    Etymology: wandrian , Saxon; wandelen, Dutch.

    I have no will to wander forth of doors. William Shakespeare.

    I will go lose myself,
    And wander up and down to view the city. William Shakespeare.

    The old duke is banish’d; four loving lords have put themselves into exile with him, whose revenues enrich the new duke; therefore he gives them good leave to wander. William Shakespeare.

    Then came wand’ring by
    A shadow like an angel, with bright hair
    Dabbled in blood, and he shriek’d out aloud. William Shakespeare.

    They wandered about in sheeps and goats skins. Heb. xi.

    Let them wander up and down for meat. Ps. lix.

    From this nuptial bow’r,
    How shall I part, and whither wander down
    Into a lower world? John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi.

    Here should my wonder dwell, and here my praise;
    But my fixt thoughts my wand’ring eye betrays. John Denham.

    A hundred years they wander on the shore. Dryden.

    Virgil introduces his Æneas in Carthage, before he brings him to Laurentum; and even after that, he wanders to the kingdom of Evander. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

    O let me not wander from thy commandments. Ps. cxix.

    They give the reins to wand’ring thoughts,
    ’Till by their own perplexities involv’d,
    They ravel more. John Milton.

Wikipedia

  1. wander

    In electronics and telecommunications, jitter is the deviation from true periodicity of a presumably periodic signal, often in relation to a reference clock signal. In clock recovery applications it is called timing jitter. Jitter is a significant, and usually undesired, factor in the design of almost all communications links. Jitter can be quantified in the same terms as all time-varying signals, e.g., root mean square (RMS), or peak-to-peak displacement. Also, like other time-varying signals, jitter can be expressed in terms of spectral density. Jitter period is the interval between two times of maximum effect (or minimum effect) of a signal characteristic that varies regularly with time. Jitter frequency, the more commonly quoted figure, is its inverse. ITU-T G.810 classifies jitter frequencies below 10 Hz as wander and frequencies at or above 10 Hz as jitter.Jitter may be caused by electromagnetic interference and crosstalk with carriers of other signals. Jitter can cause a display monitor to flicker, affect the performance of processors in personal computers, introduce clicks or other undesired effects in audio signals, and cause loss of transmitted data between network devices. The amount of tolerable jitter depends on the affected application.

ChatGPT

  1. wander

    Wander generally refers to the act or instance of moving about aimlessly, casually, or without a fixed direction. This could refer to physical movement or can also be used metaphorically to refer to thoughts or discussions that stray from the main point.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wanderverb

    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

  2. Wanderverb

    to go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject

  3. Wanderverb

    to be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders

  4. Wanderverb

    to travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Wander

    won′dėr, v.i. to ramble with no definite object: (lit. or fig.) to go astray: to leave home; to depart from the subject: to be delirious: (coll.) to lose one's way.—v.t. to traverse: (coll.) to lead astray.—n. Wan′derer.—adj. Wan′dering.—adv. Wan′deringly, in a wandering, uncertain, or unsteady manner.—Wandering Jew, a legendary Jew in the folklore of north-western Europe who cannot die but must wander till the Day of Judgment, for an insult offered to Christ on the way to the Crucifixion—various names given him are Cartaphilus, Isaac Laquedom, and Buttadeus. [A.S. wandrian; Ger. wandern; allied to wend, and to wind, to turn round.]

CrunchBase

  1. Wander

    Wander is a beautiful way to share and experience the world.Founded by Jeremy Fisher, previously founder of Dinevore, and Keenan Cummings.Wander is a TechStars NYC Summer 2012 company.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WANDER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wander is ranked #25989 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Wander surname appeared 944 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wander.

    90.2% or 852 total occurrences were White.
    5.9% or 56 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.2% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
    0.9% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Wander' in Verbs Frequency: #630

Anagrams for Wander »

  1. Andrew

  2. warden

  3. warned

  4. redawn

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Wander in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Wander in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Wander in a Sentence

  1. J. R. R. Tolkien:

    Not all those who wander are lost.

  2. Jack Donachy:

    I had a window seat and was allowing my mind to wander with the rhythm of the train. Suddenly, a switch flipped inside my head and I realized that even though I'd spent the last two years in Japan, I was seeing -- really seeing -- the country for the first time.

  3. Camille Paglia:

    Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.

  4. Michael Rosanoff:

    Nearly 50% of children with autism wander, and children with autism are often attracted to water.

  5. Kutalmis Saylam:

    It definitely worries me, yesterday we could wander around in our t-shirts -- that was not really expected.

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Translations for Wander

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  • تجولArabic
  • vagarCatalan, Valencian
  • toulkaCzech
  • herumziehen, wandeln, stromern, umherschweifen, zigeunern, umherstreifen, schlendern, umherstreichen, bummeln, abschweifenGerman
  • τριγυρίζω, τριγυρνώ, τριγύρισμαGreek
  • vagi, vagoEsperanto
  • divagar, errar, vagar, peregrinar, aventurar, pajarear, pajaronear, deambular, engañarSpanish
  • سرگردانPersian
  • pettää, kierrellä, käydä vieraissa, harhailla, kaarrella, [[tehdä]] [[aviorikos]], vaeltaa, vaellella, tehdä huorin, harhautua, eksyä, kiertää, [[olla]] [[uskoton]], [[ajautua]] [[sivuun]]Finnish
  • errer, vaguer, divaguerFrench
  • vagarGalician
  • barangol, kóborol, barangolás, letér, vándorlás, vándorol, elkalandozik, kószál, megcsal, félrelépHungarian
  • bighellonare, vagare, svicolare, serpeggiare, passeggiare, tradire, divagare, vagabondaggio, errare, vagabondare, allontanarsi, girovagareItalian
  • さ迷う, ぶらつく, うろつく, 迷う, 横道にそれるJapanese
  • vagariLatin
  • ເລາະLao
  • klajojimas, klajonė, klajotiLithuanian
  • kaewa, ānau, kāewaewa, takiwhenua, tīpao, whakakaewa, taiāmikiMāori
  • zwerven, rondtrekken, afdwalen, dolen, vreemdgaanDutch
  • włóczyć się, spacerPolish
  • vagueação, vagar, perambular, perambulaçãoPortuguese
  • plimba, umblaRomanian
  • слоняться, блуждать, шататься, странствие, шляться, бродитьRussian
  • vankaSwedish
  • gezmekTurkish
  • đi lang thangVietnamese

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