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(v)
(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
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To roam, as a vagabond
(intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
(n)
A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
(intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
(obsolete, intransitive) To rove or ramble.
(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
(intransitive) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
(intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage
(chiefly US, dialectal, intransitive) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
(intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate.
A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
(intransitive) To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.
(intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
(heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
(intransitive) To wander around or about; roam.
A strong impulse or longing to travel.
(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
To wander freely with no destination.
(video games) A game mode where players can explore the game environment at will, rather than following a fixed story line.
To roughly force into a small space or difficult position.
(intransitive) To lead a nomadic life; to wander or roam without a fixed abode (often with domesticated animals.
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
(intransitive) To go out wandering; to roam beyond bounds.
To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
(adj)
Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
(intransitive) To rove.
(intransitive) To move or roam around aimlessly.
Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
(intransitive, archaic) To act as the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
Alternative form of gallivant. [(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.]
(ambitransitive) To move from place to place.
(obsolete) To wander, to roam, move about.
A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
To wail, mewl (as an infant).
(transitive) To read completely.
(intransitive) To frequently travel worldwide.
A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete) To wander about idly and without purpose.
An irregular, spread-out group.
(sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
(archaic) A session of noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
Stones or gravel eaten by birds of prey to improve digestion; gastroliths [from 17th c.]
(intransitive, rare) To travel about.
(idiomatic) To spend one's time idly.
Alternative form of vagabondize. [(intransitive, archaic) To act as the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.]
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To wander until weary; wander far and wide.
(transitive) To travel around (something) physically.
(transitive, poetic) To wander or travel over.
An informal game of football, rugby or similar sports.
(intransitive, nonstandard, nonce word) To wander in.
(probably nonstandard) To transpire, to occur
(informal) A glance, look.
(historical) A river in modern Turkey near the site of Troy.
(transitive and intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
(colloquial) The act of prowling.
(intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
To walk about in a city or town, especially as an activity in itself.
(countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
An act or instance of swimming.
Obsolete form of travel. [The act of traveling; passage from place to place.]
(set phrase) To have permission or freedom to move around throughout an area or to use something at will.
(transitive, informal) To discuss.
A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
(informal) To travel extensively; to experience many different places.
The buttocks.
(intransitive) To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long.
(intransitive) To travel from place to place, especially to preach or lecture.
(intransitive) To walk about; to wander aimlessly.
(intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
One who mooches; a moocher.
A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose.
To do nothing in particular; to be idle.
A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
(ambitransitive) To drift about; drift around.