Meaning & Definition of Wander in English

1. 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"

2. Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• "She cheats on her husband"

• "Might her husband be wandering?"

3. Go via an indirect route or at no set pace

• "After dinner, we wandered into town"

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"

5. 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"