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wander

/ wander /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
go via an indirect route or at no set pace
"After dinner, we wandered into town"
Verb group:
roll swan stray tramp roam
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
"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 ro"
Type of:
travel go move
Verb group:
stray err drift
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
"She always digresses when telling a story"
"her mind wanders"
"Don''t digress when you give a lecture"
Type of:
tell
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
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"
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
snake
Derived:
meander ribbon thread
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
"She cheats on her husband"
"Might her husband be wandering?"
Derived:
cuckold
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
89%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
3
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