Толковый словарь английского языка - wander
Wander
wander
verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian; akin to Middle High German ~n to ~, Old English windan to wind, twist Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal, to go idly about ; ramble , to follow a winding course ; meander , 3. to go astray (as from a course) ; stray , to go astray morally ; err , to lose normal mental contact ; stray in thought , transitive verb to roam over , ~ noun ~er noun Synonyms: see: ~
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by in, off, etc.) go about from place to place aimlessly. 2 intr. a (of a person, river, road, etc.) wind about; diverge; meander. b (of esp. a person) get lost; leave home; stray from a path etc. 3 intr. talk or think incoherently; be inattentive or delirious. 4 tr. cover while wandering (wanders the world). --n. the act or an instance of wandering (went for a wander round the garden). Phrases and idioms wandering Jew 1 a a legendary person said to have been condemned by Christ to wander the earth until the second advent. b a person who never settles down. 2 a a climbing plant, Tradescantia albiflora, with stemless variegated leaves. b a trailing plant, Zebrina pendula, with pink flowers. wandering sailor the moneywort. wander-plug a plug that can be fitted into any of various sockets in an electrical device. Derivatives wanderer n. wandering n. (esp. in pl.). Etymology: OE wandrian (as WEND) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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