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1. wander - 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"

Synonym(s): roll, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote




2. wander - verb

· be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

Synonym(s): cheat_on, cheat, cuckold, betray

Hypernym(s): deceive, lead_on, delude, cozen




3. wander - verb

· go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

Hypernym(s): proceed, go_forward, continue




4. 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"

Synonym(s): weave, wind, thread, meander

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote




5. 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"

Synonym(s): digress, stray, divagate

Hypernym(s): tell





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