What does wander mean?
Definitions for wander
ˈwɒn dərwan·der
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word wander.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
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?"
wander(verb)
go via an indirect route or at no set pace
"After dinner, we wandered into town"
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"
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
wander(Noun)
The act or instance of wandering.
To go for a wander
wander(Verb)
To move without purpose; often in search of livelihood.
wander(Verb)
To commit adultery.
wander(Verb)
To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
wander(Verb)
Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
Webster Dictionary
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
Wander(verb)
to go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject
Wander(verb)
to be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders
Wander(verb)
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.]
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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.
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wander' in Verbs Frequency: #630
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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
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.
Roy Chapman Andrews, Ends of the Earth, 1929:
It has just been twenty-three years since I began to wander. In the next twenty-three years I wonder if there will come a time when life is no longer a wonderful adventure; when there is not some interesting experience in things or personalities waiting just around the corner. If that time does come, I hope that my release will be swift.
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!
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.
Your Mind waits and waits and only waits for it never commits into anything seriously, it only loves to wander aimlessly. Time is very precious, ACT Now, Breathe Life!
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Translations for wander
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- 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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