D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Wander

/wän'-dẽr/ · Wan·der · IPA /ˈwɑndɚ/
01 v. i. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander o…
imp. & p. p. Wandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wandering
  1. 1.
    To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
    “They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.” — Heb. xi. 37.
    “He wandereth abroad for bread.” — Job xv. 23.
  2. 2.
    To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
    “When God caused me to wander from my father's house.” — Gen. xx. 13.
    “O, let me not wander from thy commandments.” — Ps. cxix. 10.
  3. 3.
    To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
02 v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
  1. 1.
    To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.[R.]