wander
🇺🇸
/ˈwɑːndər/
🇬🇧
/ˈwɒndə(r)/
verb
B2
to walk slowly without a clear goal or direction
The child was found wandering the streets alone.
B2
to move away from where you should be or from people you are with
The child wandered off and got lost.
C1
to stop focusing and think about other things
Her thoughts wandered back to her youth.
C1
to look slowly from one thing to another
His eyes wandered towards the photographs on the wall.
R
to follow a curved path instead of a straight one
The road wanders along through the hills.
noun
R
a short walk with no special purpose
I went to the park and had a wander around.
translation
to walk slowly without a clear goal or direction; to move away from where you should be or from people you are with; to stop focusing and think about other things; to look slowly from one thing to another; to follow a curved path instead of a straight one
a short walk with no special purpose
Word Forms
3rd Present
wanders
Progressive
wandering
Past
wandered
Perfect
wandered
Plural
wanders