WANDER
\wˈɒndə], \wˈɒndə], \w_ˈɒ_n_d_ə]\
Definitions of WANDER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
By Princeton University
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be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
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lose clarity or turn aside esp. 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"
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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".
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
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To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
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To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
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To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
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To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
By Noah Webster.
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To rove; to ramble; stroll; stray; be delirious or out of one's mind; digress or turn aside, as from a subject.
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Wanderer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Wanderer.
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To ramble with no definite object: to go astray (lit. or fig.): to leave home: to depart from the subject: to be delirious.
By Daniel Lyons
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Wanderer.
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To roam hither and thither; ramble; stray.
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To ramble mentally; stray from a subject; also, to be delirious.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To travel over without a certain course.
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To ramble here and there without any certain course or object in view; to leave home; to depart; to migrate; to depart from the line of discussion; to depart from duty or rectitude; to be delirious; to be not under the guidance of reason.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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