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(v)
(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
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(intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
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.
(colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To be unfaithful to, especially in a romantic relationship.
(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
(intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.
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.
(intransitive, archaic) To act as the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
(intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage
(intransitive) To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
(intransitive) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.
(intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
(intransitive) To frequently travel worldwide.
(intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate.
A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
(intransitive) To lead a nomadic life; to wander or roam without a fixed abode (often with domesticated animals.
(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
(intransitive) To wander around or about; roam.
To wander freely with no destination.
A strong impulse or longing to travel.
(intransitive, nonstandard, nonce word) To wander in.
(heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
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.
To wail, mewl (as an infant).
(transitive) To read completely.
(intransitive) To go out wandering; to roam beyond bounds.
(historical) A river in modern Turkey near the site of Troy.
(adj)
Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
(colloquial) The act of prowling.
(intransitive) To walk about; to wander aimlessly.
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
(transitive and intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
Alternative form of gallivant. [(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.]
A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
To wander in a vague manner
To wander.
(ambitransitive) To move from place to place.
(intransitive) To move or roam around aimlessly.
(sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
(obsolete) To wander, to roam, move about.
(transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose.
(ambitransitive) To drift about; drift around.
An irregular, spread-out group.
(idiomatic) To spend one's time idly.
To walk about in a city or town, especially as an activity in itself.
To roughly force into a small space or difficult position.
(intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
(UK, Australia, colloquial, of an object) To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
(intransitive, rare) To travel about.
(informal) A glance, look.
An informal game of football, rugby or similar sports.
One who mooches; a moocher.
A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete) To wander about idly and without purpose.
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
(slang, childish) To take a dog for a walk.
A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale.
To perambulate; to walk around.
(transitive) To raid and pillage.
Obsolete form of stroll. [To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.]
(intransitive, formal) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
(intransitive) To blow or toss about; blow, waft, or sweep away.
A turn; trick; stratagem.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way.
(video games) A game mode where players can explore the game environment at will, rather than following a fixed story line.
Obsolete form of travel. [The act of traveling; passage from place to place.]
(intransitive) To travel from place to place, especially to preach or lecture.