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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
wan•der /ˈwɑndɚ/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to move around without a definite purpose or plan;
    roam:[no object]wandering through the mall.
  2. to go, move, pass, or extend in an irregular course or direction:[no object]His gaze wandered briefly around the room.
  3. to stray, as from a path or subject:[no object]Your thoughts are wandering.
  4. to travel about, on, or through:[~ + object]to wander the countryside.
wan•der•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
wan•der•ing  (won′dər ing),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. moving from place to place without a fixed plan;
    roaming;
    rambling:wandering tourists.
  2. having no permanent residence;
    nomadic:a wandering tribe of Indians.
  3. meandering;
    winding:a wandering river; a wandering path.

n. 
  1. an aimless roving about;
    leisurely traveling from place to place:a period of delightful wandering through Italy.
  2. Usually, wanderings. 
    • aimless travels;
      meanderings:Her wanderings took her all over the world.
    • disordered thoughts or utterances;
      incoherencies:mental wanderings; the wanderings of delirium.
  • Middle English (noun, nominal, adjective, adjectival), Old English wandrigende (adjective, adjectival). See wander, -ing2, -ing1 bef. 1000
wan′der•ing•ly, adv. 
wan′der•ing•ness, n. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
wan•der  (won′dər),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to ramble without a definite purpose or objective;
    roam, rove, or stray:to wander over the earth.
  2. to go aimlessly, indirectly, or casually;
    meander:The river wanders among the rocks.
  3. to extend in an irregular course or direction:Foothills wandered off to the south.
  4. to move, pass, or turn idly, as the hand or the eyes.
  5. (of the mind, thoughts, desires, etc.) to take one direction or another without conscious intent or control:His attention wandered as the speaker droned on.
  6. to stray from a path, place, companions, etc.:During the storm the ship wandered from its course.
  7. to deviate in conduct, belief, etc.;
    err;
    go astray:Let me not wander from Thy Commandments.
  8. to think or speak confusedly or incoherently.

v.t. 
  1. to travel about, on, or through:He wandered the streets.

n. 
  1. Mechanicsthe drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
  • bef. 900; Middle English wandren, Old English wandrian (cognate with German wandern), frequentative of wendan to wend; see -er6
wan′der•er, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged range, stroll.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged saunter.
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swerve, veer.
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ramble, rave.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wander / ˈwɒndə/ (mainly intr)
  1. (also tr) to move or travel about, in, or through (a place) without any definite purpose or destination
  2. to proceed in an irregular course; meander
  3. to go astray, as from a path or course
  4. (of the mind, thoughts, etc) to lose concentration or direction
  5. to think or speak incoherently or illogically
  1. the act or an instance of wandering
Etymology: Old English wandrian; related to Old Frisian wandria, Middle Dutch, Middle High German wanderenˈwandererˈwandering,

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