If a person or animal wanders from a place where they are supposed to stay, they move away from the place without going in a particular direction. Because Mother is afraid we'll get lost, we aren't allowed to wander far To keep their bees from wandering, beekeepers feed them sugar solutions. = stray
Side-to-side vacillation of the apparent position of a stereo image as the instrument plays different notes Poor imaging stability
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
A steering action where the vehicle moves or rambles from a fixed course without positive control
If your eyes wander, you stop looking at one thing and start looking around at other things. His eyes wandered restlessly around the room. a short relaxed walk take/go for/have a wander
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
Relative to jitter and swim, long-term random variations of the significant instants of a digital signal from their ideal positions Note 1: Wander variations are those that occur over a period greater than 1 s (second) Note 2: Jitter, swim, wander, and drift have increasing periods of variation in that order
If your mind wanders or your thoughts wander, you stop concentrating on something and start thinking about other things. His mind would wander, and he would lose track of what he was doing = stray