wander

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) +‎ *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒndə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɑndɚ/ IPA(key): (West Midlands, especially Birmingham) /ˈwʊndə/, /ˈwʌndə/ Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ) Hyphenation: wan‧der === Verb === wander (third-person singular simple present wanders, present participle wandering, simple past and past participle wandered) (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. Synonyms: err, roam (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err. (intransitive) To commit adultery. Synonym: cheat (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path. Synonym: drift (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention. Synonyms: distract, scatter ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === wander (countable and uncountable, plural wanders) (countable) An act or instance of wandering. (uncountable, of a value, signal or similar) Deviation from a correct or normal value. Hyponym: polar wander baseline wander in ECG signals ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Andrew, Darwen, Warden, drawne, warden, warned == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === wander inflection of wandern: first-person singular present singular imperative == Middle English == === Verb === wander alternative form of wandren