Definitions for wander
ˈwɒn dərwan·der

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond(verb)

   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, wander(verb)

   be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

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

3. wander(verb)

   go via an indirect route or at no set pace

   "After dinner, we wandered into town"

4. weave, wind, thread, meander, wander(verb)

   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, wander(verb)

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. wander(Noun)

   The act or instance of wandering.

   To go for a wander

2. wander(Verb)

   To move without purpose; often in search of livelihood.

3. wander(Verb)

   To commit adultery.

4. wander(Verb)

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

5. wander(Verb)

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Wander(verb)

   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. Wander(verb)

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

3. Wander(verb)

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

4. Wander(verb)

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

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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.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

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1. Andrew

2. warden

3. warned

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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. Jeb Bush:

   One of the frustrations that I had is that people that don't have a proven record get appointed to the Court and then they wander.

2. Stephen Hawking:

   We believe that life arose spontaneously on Earth, so in an infinite universe, there must be other occurrences of life, somewhere in the cosmos, perhaps intelligent life might be watching these lights of ours, aware of what they mean. Or do our lights wander a lifeless cosmos, unseen beacons announcing that, here on one rock, the universe discovered its existence ? Either way, there is no better question. It's time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. The Breakthrough initiatives are making that commitment. We are alive. We are intelligent. We must know.

3. Jack Donachy:

   The true luxury is freedom, there are no seat belts and for most of the journey you are free to walk around, or have a glass of this or that, or read, or go to the dining car for something to eat, or simply stare out the window and allow thoughts to wander.

4. Dr. Rich Melheim:

   When a child's mind begins to wander because of something you (the teacher) have said, wander with it. When it begins to wander because of nothing you said, kick yourself in the posterior and say something worth wandering about!

5. 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.

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