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Wander

//ˈwɒndə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of wandering. countable

    "to go for a wander in the park"

  2. 2
    Deviation from a correct or normal value. uncountable

    "baseline wander in ECG signals"

Verb
  1. 1
    To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. intransitive

    "to wander over the fields"

  2. 2
    lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking wordnet
  3. 3
    To stray; stray from one's course; err. intransitive

    "A writer wanders from his subject."

  4. 4
    move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment wordnet
  5. 5
    To commit adultery. intransitive
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  1. 6
    to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course wordnet
  2. 7
    To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path. intransitive
  3. 8
    go via an indirect route or at no set pace wordnet
  4. 9
    Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention. intransitive
  5. 10
    be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) + *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) + *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).

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