wanderverb
uk/ˈwɒn.dər/us/ˈwɑːn.dɚ/wander verb (WALK)
B2 [ I or T ] to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction:
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- Don't worry if you lose hold of the reins - the horse won't wander off.
- He wandered around, clearing up in a desultory way.
- We wandered along the shore, stepping over the flotsam that had washed up in the night.
- We wandered through the beautifully proportioned rooms of the Winter Palace.
- She was wandering around in a daze this morning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Moving gently on foot
- amble
- blow
- gently
- meander
- mince
- mincing
- mooch
- mosey
- plod
- potter
- process
- promenade
- putter
- saunter
- slink
- slunk
- stroll
- stroller
- tiptoe
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wander verb (SUBJECT)
[ I ] to start talking about a different subject from the one you were originally discussing:
C2 [ I ] If your mind or your thoughts wander, you stop thinking about the subject that you should be giving your attention to and start thinking about other matters:
[ I ] If you say that an old person's mind is beginning to wander, you mean that they are starting to get very confused because of their age:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- elliptical
- euphemism
- evasive
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- implicit
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- roundabout
- sanitize
- sidestep
- skirt
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
- tiptoe around sth/sb
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