wander

  • 21wander — v. (d; intr.) ( to stray ) to wander from (to wander from the subject) * * * [ wɒndə] (d; intr.) ( to stray ) to wander from (to wander from the subject) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22wander — [ˈwɒndə] verb 1) [I/T] to go from place to place without a particular direction or purpose Jim wandered into the kitchen and made some tea.[/ex] We spent the afternoon in the old city, just wandering the streets.[/ex] 2) if your mind or thoughts… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 23wander — /ˈwɒndə / (say wonduh) verb (i) 1. to ramble without any certain course or object in view; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth. 2. to go aimlessly or casually: wandering into the adjoining room. 3. to pass or extend in an irregular… …

  • 24wander —    Auana, ki ihele, lalau, ho olalau, ae a, kuewa.   Also: hili, nāhili, kakahili, auhili, loloiāhili, kuawili, kualana, lanaau, a au, lewa, ewa, māewa, kū ae a, ho ae a, hō ā ā, kūhilo, kaka i ā hele, kīhoe, ho opanau, pakauhelo.   See vagabond …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 25wander — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by in, off, etc.) go about from place to place aimlessly. 2 intr. a (of a person, river, road, etc.) wind about; diverge; meander. b (of esp. a person) get lost; leave home; stray from a path etc. 3 intr. talk or… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 26wander — wanderer, n. /won deuhr/, 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… …

    Universalium

  • 27wander — 1. noun The act or instance of wandering. To go for a wander 2. verb a) To move without purpose; often in search of livelihood. b) To commit adultery …

    Wiktionary

  • 28wander — [OE] To wander is etymologically to ‘turn’ off the correct path. The word comes, together with German wandern, from a prehistoric West Germanic *wandrōjan, which was derived from the base *wand , *wend ‘turn’ (source also of English wand, went,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 29wander — The movement of the spin axis of a gyroscope from its original position. Its value is the maximum at the poles and the least at the equator. This is one of the errors or shortfalls in a gyroscope. Gyro α at position 1 has its spin axis aligned… …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 30wander — To ramble here and there without any certain course. In its broad sense, wander means to ramble without a definite purpose or objective, roam, rove, or stray, and to go aimlessly, indirectly or casually. People v. Weger, 251 C.A.2d 584, 59… …

    Black's law dictionary