wander

About 3.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   to wander over the fields

2. verb To stray; stray from one's course; err.

   A writer wanders from his subject.

3. verb To commit adultery.
4. verb To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
5. verb Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
6. noun An act or instance of wandering.

   to go for a wander in the park

7. noun Deviation from a correct or normal value.

   baseline wander in ECG signals

Similar words

roam divagate vagabond stray ramble cheat on cast cheat digress betray

Often followed by

about in through around from off into over the

Word family

wandered wanderer wanderers wandering wanders