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wander
English
Etymology
From Middle English wandren, wandrien, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-Germanic *wandr?n? (“to wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *wend?- (“to turn, wind”), equivalent to wend +? -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?nd?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?nd?/
- (West Midlands, especially Birmingham) IPA(key): /?w?nd?/, IPA(key): /?w?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
- Hyphenation: wan?der
Verb
wander (third-person singular simple present wanders, present participle wandering, simple past and past participle wandered)
- (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
- Synonyms: err, roam
- (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- Bible, Psalms cxix.10:
- O, let me not wander from thy commandments.
- Bible, Psalms cxix.10:
- (intransitive) To commit adultery.
- Synonym: cheat
- (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
- Synonym: drift
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
wander (countable and uncountable, plural wanders)
- (countable) The act or instance of wandering.
- (uncountable) The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value.
- Hyponym: polar wander
- baseline wander in ECG signals
Translations
Anagrams
- Andrew, Darwen, Warden, drawne, warden, warned
German
Pronunciation
Verb
wander
- inflection of wandern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
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perambulate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perambul?, perambul?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???æmbj??le?t/
Verb
perambulate (third-person singular simple present perambulates, present participle perambulating, simple past and past participle perambulated)
- (intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll.
- (transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot.
Related terms
- amble
Translations
Anagrams
- preambulate
Latin
Verb
perambul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of perambul?
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