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
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"
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
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
If you wander in a place, you walk around there in a casual way, often without intending to go in any particular direction. They wandered off in the direction of the nearest store Those who do not have relatives to return to are left to wander the streets and sleep rough. Wander is also a noun. A wander around any market will reveal stalls piled high with vegetables. = stroll
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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"
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
[ 'wän-d&r ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian; akin to Middle High German wandern to wander, Old English windan to wind, twist.