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wander English

Meaning wander meaning

What does wander mean?
Definitions in simple English

wander Verb

— When you wander around, you walk or move slowly around without a purpose. He would wander through the city streets late at night when he could not sleep.

wander

— verb (= roll, roam, rove, drift, vagabond) 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 — verb (= cheat on, cheat) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage She cheats on her husband Might her husband be wandering? — verb go via an indirect route or at no set pace After dinner, we wandered into town — verb (= digress) 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 — verb (= wind, meander) 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

Synonyms wander synonyms

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wander English » English

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Topics wander topics

What do people use wander to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Wander

Conjugation wander conjugation

How do you conjugate wander?

wander · verb

Examples wander examples

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Simple sentences

Don't wander too far.
I let my hand wander between her thighs for a long time.
Wolves wander in the woods.
If you could only see the twisted fantasies that wander about in my head.
We can't wander around the park at night.
Mary tried not to let her mind wander.
Maybe I'll just wander off on my own.
You had better not wander around here by yourself.
Not all those who wander are lost.
All who wander are not lost.
Don't wander from the subject.

Movie subtitles

Well, I must take a wander and check up on some old friends of mine.
She has a tendency to wander.
I told you she has a tendency to wander!
You know, you always was a great hand to wander.
It's there all the time, driving me out to wander the streets following me, silently, but I can feel it there lt's me, pursuing myself I want to escape, to escape from myself!
He said if I wanted to come back, he'd give me the whole Bronx to wander around in.
See how they wander out to die?
I was pretending to sleep earlier. I let my mind wander. You know what I heard?
Don't you wander off.
So now I just wander around and sleep wherever I am.
And homeless people wander over the earth, picking up the secret words.
Henrietta, do you allow your niece to wander off un-chaperoned?
You can't wander around all your life.
No, great King. I come to thee for charitable licence, that we may wander o'er this bloody field to book our dead and then to bury them.
We wander through the whole wide world Let's go!
Don't talk to strange people and above all don't wander far from the lights and the crowd.
Am I to understand that my betrothed is allowed to wander about the countryside without a duenna?
While the body is destroyed, the magic powers of the Lama accompany the soul which prior to its new rebirth needs to wander aimlessly, in between countless demonic appearances, through the intermediate realm of the Bardo.
A pretty lady might wander in.
How dare you wander about the corridors of this sanatorium by yourself.
He may be a guy that likes to wander.
But I've heard if you wander the alleys downtown looking desperate, the scouts will come and tug at your sleeves.
It is doomed to wander through the world!
Now I am doomed to wander without rest or peace. incessant torture and remorse.
Do they let you wander around now without a keeper?
I'M JUST TAKING YOUR FRIEND HERE FOR A LITTLE TIME-OUT SO THAT HE DON'T WANDER INTO ANYTHING. JUST DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND HE'LL BE FINE.
I let my mind wander. You know what I heard?
I'm not gonna wander all over.
What will people say, if I permit you to wander the streets?
Speaking of bed, you shouldn't wander about in a dressing gown.
We wander around aimlessly.
Wander about, as if you're just looking.
But you can't a little kid like Joey wander around Coney Island alone.
I like to wander through the labyrinth of the human mind.

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The writer, caught up in the shelter of solitude, does not have much time to wander about.
In the third, you are looking out a window, letting your mind wander.
As your alertness declines further, your mind starts to wander.
I'll try that again.) In the third, you are looking out a window, letting your mind wander.

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