wander

wander [wän′dər]

vi.

[ME wandren < OE wandrian, akin to Ger wandern, akin ? to WEND, WIND¹]

1. to move or go about aimlessly, without plan or fixed destination; ramble; roam

2. to go to a destination in a casual way or by an indirect route; idle; stroll

3.

a) to turn aside or astray (from a path, course, etc.); lose one's way

b) to stray from home, friends, familiar places, etc.: often with off

4. to go astray in mind or purpose; specif.,

a) to drift away from a subject, as in discussion; stray or roam in thought

b) to turn away from accepted belief or morals

c) to be disjointed, disordered, incoherent, etc.

5. to pass or extend in an irregular course; meander, as a river

6. to move idly from one object to another: said of the eyes, a glance, the hands, etc.

vt.

to roam through, in, or over without plan or destination [to wander the world]

wanderer

n.