noun
travelling about without any clear destination
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- she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
adjective
migratory
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- a restless mobile society
- the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
- believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
- wandering tribes
adjective
of a path e.g.
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- meandering streams
- rambling forest paths
- the river followed its wandering course
- a winding country road
adjective
having no fixed course
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- an erratic comet
- his life followed a wandering course
- a planetary vagabond
verb
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 rolled from town to town
verb
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
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- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?
verb
go via an indirect route or at no set pace
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- After dinner, we wandered into town
verb
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
verb
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