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wander
verb wandered, wandering
    1. To walk, move or travel about, with no particular destination; to ramble.
      Thesaurus: stroll, ramble, roam, hike, walk, saunter.
    2. To stray or deviate, eg from the right path, or from the point of an argument, etc.
      Thesaurus: digress, ramble, stray, shift.
    3. Said of a stream, etc: to follow a meandering course.
    4. Said of people or their wits, etc: to become confused, incoherent or irrational, eg in delirium or advanced age.
    5. Said of one's thoughts, etc: to flit randomly.
noun
    1. A ramble or stroll.
Derivative: wanderer
noun
    Someone who travels about with no particular destination
      Thesaurus: drifter, nomad, vagabond, rambler, gypsy, itinerant, wayfarer, traveler.
Derivative: wandering
noun, adj
    Tending to move about in an aimless or desultory way
      Thesaurus: aberrant, drifting, rambling, meandering, rootless, roving, homeless, wayfaring, itinerant, nomadic, traveling.
Derivative: wanderingly
adverb
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon wandrian.



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