Word

wander, v.
(wandered, wandering, wanders)
freq. cnt. 19

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander

sample sentences

"The gypsies roamed the woods"
"roving vagabonds"
"the wandering Jew"
"The cattle roam across the prairie"
"the laborers drift from one town to the next"
"They rolled from town to town"

verb frames

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They %s the countryside
They %s in the countryside

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wandering wanderer

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drifting drifter

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vagabondage vagabond vagabond

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

maunder gallivant, gad, jazz around

verb group

drift, stray, err wander

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

betray cheat cheat on cuckold wander

sample sentences

"She cheats on her husband"
"Might her husband be wandering?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

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hypernym

deceive, delude, lead on, cozen

hyponym

two-time play around, fool around

lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

digress divagate stray wander

sample sentences

"She always digresses when telling a story"
"her mind wanders"
"Don't digress when you give a lecture"

verb frames

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digressive digression digression

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divagation divagation

semantic pointers

hypernym

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

meander thread wander weave wind

sample sentences

"the river winds through the hills"
"the path meanders through the vineyards"
"sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

verb frames

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meander meander

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

verb group

hyponym

go via an indirect route or at no set pace
<verb.motion>

wander

sample sentences

"After dinner, we wandered into town"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

semantic pointers

verb group

wander, roam, drift, stray, rove, range, roll, swan, tramp, cast, ramble, vagabond wind, thread, meander, weave, wander

hypernym

proceed, go forward, continue