Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word WANDER

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Definitions of WANDER

1. (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
2. (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
3. (intransitive) To commit adultery.
4. (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
5. (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
6. (countable) An act or instance of wandering.
7. (uncountable) The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value.
8. A surname.

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Examples of Using WANDER in a Sentence

• Start with a space (for example, a surface), and some point in it, and all the loops both starting and ending at this point—paths that start at this point, wander around and eventually return to the starting point.
• It follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes.
• He was at once greeted as a poet of promise on the publication of his first collection of poems, Vallfart och vandringsår (Pilgrimage: the Wander Years, 1888).
• Goddesses Mutae Tacitae were invoked to destroy a hated person: in an inscription from Cambodunum in Raetia, someone asks "ut mutus sit Quartus" and "erret fugiens ut mus" ("that Quartus be mute" and that he "wander, fleeing, like a mouse").
• In the legend of the Children of Lir, she was changed into a swan and cursed by her stepmother, Aoife, to wander the lakes and rivers of Ireland, with her brothers Fiachra, Conn and Aodh, for 900 years until saved by the marriage of Lairgren, son of Colman, son of Cobthach, and Deoch, daughter of Finghin, whose union broke the curse.
• When riders bought their tickets they were issued a voucher good for an ice cream; the train would stop so tourists could wander around and cash in their ice cream coupons.
• It is said that even today, as night falls, the spirits of the bear and the brave wander the Island eternally in search of each other.
• July 16 – John Jacob Niles hears the fragments of song in Appalachia that he adapts as the folk hymn "I Wonder as I Wander" completed on October 4 and first performed on December 19.
• Henry Pelham wrote to Devonshire's father that he was "our mainstay among the young ones, of themselves liable to wander".
• He is best remembered for his signature hit songs "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", "Ruby Baby" and "Lovers Who Wander", among others.
• He'd wander back home around lunchtime smelling of horse manure, yet he'd swear he had been at school.
• Although many different versions of the Santa Compaña can be found, the common belief is that of a procession of the dead (or a procession of souls that are in torment) that wander through the village paths of a parish beginning at midnight wearing white, hooded cloaks.
• He converted to Buddhism in his 20s and was inspired to practice asceticism in the mountains and wander the countryside as an ascetic hermit (though he also visited cities to study texts).
• They typically vacate the nest the same day as their hatching, although they do not wander far from their parents until after two months.
• However, because the levels are nonlinear players can wander off the beaten path, and those that do are often rewarded with bonuses, like health pickups and more powerful weapons.
• In a subsequent 2022 episode of Strange New Worlds, "All Those Who Wander", Gorn hatchlings were shown as small, fast-moving, and instantly lethal predators, in contrast to the slow and humanoid adult Gorn previously seen.
• Ovaltine, a registered trademark of Associated British Foods, is made by Wander AG, a subsidiary of Twinings, which acquired the brand from Novartis in 2002, except in the United States, where Nestlé acquired the rights separately from Novartis in the late 2000s.
• Pigs were often found in clearings at the edges of the woods, the animals allowed to wander through sectioned areas of the woods.
• The actors would touch, grab, and physically as well as verbally interact with the guests, who could not simply wander through like in most haunted houses.
• As the series progressed, new commercials were aired with updated tag lines: You’ll Never Roam Alone, Go and Smell the Roses and Wander Wisely.

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