1. (v.i.)wander to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam.
2. wander to go aimlessly or indirectly; meander: The river wanders among the rocks.
3. wander to extend in an irregularcourse or direction: Foothills wandered off to the south.
4. wander to move, pass, or turn idly, as the hand or the eyes.
5. wander (of the mind, thoughts, desires, etc.) to take one direction or another without conscious control.
6. wander to stray from a path, place, companions, etc.: The ship wandered from its course.
7. wander to deviate in conduct, belief, etc.; err; go astray.
8. (v.t.)wander to travel about, on, or through: He wandered the streets.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wandren, OE wandrian)
Definition of 'wander'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond 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. (verb)cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
3. (verb)wander go via an indirect route or at no set pace "After dinner, we wandered into town"
4. (verb)weave, wind, thread, meander, wander to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circularcourse "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
5. (verb)digress, stray, divagate, wander lose clarity or turnaside especially from the mainsubject 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"
1. (verb)wander to travel without purpose The boy wandered into a nearby restaurant.; a homeless man wandering the streets
2. wander (of your mind) to not pay attention or think logically As she got older her mind wandered more and more.
3. wander (of your eyes) to look at different things when you are not paying attention His gaze wandered from the clock to the window.
Definition of 'wander'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)wander to ramblehere 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. (verb)wander to go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject
3. (verb)wander to be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders
4. (verb)wander to travelover without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through
Sense: to go, move, walk etc (about, in or on) from place to place with no definite destination in mind I'd like to spend a holiday wandering through France; The mother wandered the streets looking for her child.