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Meanings of wander in English

Portuguese
vadiar
Catalan
vagar
Spanish
deambular

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.

vadiar
Portuguese
trair

Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.

trair
Portuguese
vagar
Catalan
serpejar
Spanish
zigzaguear

To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.

vagar
Portuguese
divagar
Catalan
divagar

Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking.

divagar
Usage of wander in English
1
Go out on the seas; climb the mountains; wander through the valleys.
Heartbreak House
2
Left to wander its own way, it tends to lead into silliness.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
3
Small animals wander around the camp, while larger ones can be heard.
The South African
4
He merely meant to wander the halls and perhaps clear his mind.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
5
He had no reason to wander; perhaps that was the reason why.
The Blue Lagoon
6
It provides heavy penalties for allowing horses to wander in these areas.
The Irish Times
7
Devils of the fire, who wander in the region near the moon.
Elizabethan Demonology / An Essay in Illustration of the Belief ...
8
How many days did she think she could just wander blindly about?
Blood and Bone
9
They can wander on the banks of the Kladeos and the Alpheios.
Buried Cities, Volume 2: Olympia
10
A little wander through recent history will make the broad point plain.
The Guardian
11
Repeatedly, individuals would wander from camp and place themselves within his reach.
The Descent
12
The Snow People do not wander to the lands of the Sunlanders.
Children of the Frost
13
The Brent wouldn't have needed to wander about outside for hours afterwards.
And Then There Were None
14
What is sweeter than to wander in the early days of Spring
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and...
15
Buffaloes do not always remain wild and wander about in the jungle.
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One
16
I let General wander down to the creek, but didn't follow him.
Savage
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Wander through the time
Wander across language varieties
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Common
Australia
Common
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