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
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"
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?"
wanderverb
go via an indirect route or at no set pace
"After dinner, we wandered into town"
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"
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
wandernoun
The act or instance of wandering.
To go for a wander
wanderverb
To move without purpose; often in search of livelihood.
wanderverb
To commit adultery.
wanderverb
To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
wanderverb
Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.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
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
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
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
Wanderverb
to go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject
Wanderverb
to be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders
Wanderverb
to travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
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
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.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Wander' in Verbs Frequency: #630
Anagrams for Wander »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Wander in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Wander in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Wander in a Sentence
Not all those who wander are lost.
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.
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.
Nearly 50% of children with autism wander, and children with autism are often attracted to water.
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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