what does wander mean?
WANDER as VERB
- Meaning
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
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- She always digresses when telling a story
- her mind wanders
- Don”t digress when you give a lecture
Hypernyms(s) wander is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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- 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 ro
Hypernyms(s) wander is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
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- the river winds through the hills
- the path meanders through the vineyards
- sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
Hypernyms(s) wander is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- go via an indirect route or at no set pace
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- After dinner, we wandered into town
Hypernyms(s) wander is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- be sexually unfaithful to one’’s partner in marriage
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- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?
Hypernyms(s) wander is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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