English > wander: 5 senses > verb 1, motion| Meaning | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Model | They wander the countryside; They wander in the countryside |
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| Example | "the wandering Jew" |
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| Synonyms | roll, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond |
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| Narrower | gallivant, gad, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure |
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| maunder | wander aimlessly |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
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| Similar to | stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
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| wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace |
| Spanish | caminar, deambular, errar, girar, rondar, vagabundear, vagar |
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| Catalan | caminar, deambular, girar, rondar, vagabundejar, vagarejar, vagar |
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| Nouns | wanderer | someone who leads a wandering unsettled life |
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| wandering | travelling about without any clear destination |
English > wander: 5 senses > verb 3, motion| Meaning | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
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| Broader | proceed, go forward, continue | Move ahead |
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| Similar to | roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
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| weave, wind, thread, meander, wander | To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
| Spanish | deambular |
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| Catalan | deambular |
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English > wander: 5 senses > verb 4, motion| Meaning | To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
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| Synonyms | weave, wind, thread, meander |
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| Narrower | snake | Move along a winding path |
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| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
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| Similar to | wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace |
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| Spanish | arremolinar, serpentear, zigzaguear |
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| Catalan | arremolinar, serpejar, serpentejar, vagar |
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