wander

Verb
  1. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (synset 201885173)
    "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"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    same as: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond
    verb group:
    • drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random
    • wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace
  2. Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (synset 202582588)
    "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
    is a type of: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
    subtypes:
    same as: betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold
  3. Go via an indirect route or at no set pace (synset 202107118)
    "After dinner, we wandered into town"
    is a type of: continue, go forward, proceed - move ahead; travel onward in time or space
    verb group:
  4. To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course (synset 201886807)
    "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes: snake - move along a winding path
    same as: meander, thread, weave, wind
    verb group: wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace
  5. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking (synset 200782620)
    "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
    is a type of: tell - let something be known
    same as: digress, divagate, stray

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