wander
v 1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "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" [syn: {roll}, {swan}, {stray}, {tramp}, {roam}, {cast},
{ramble}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
2: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
[syn: {cheat on}, {cheat}, {cuckold}, {betray}]
3: go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner,
we wandered into town"
4: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path
meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout
wanders through the entire body" [syn: {weave}, {wind}, {thread},
{meander}]
5: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject
of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking,
or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story";
"her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a
lecture" [syn: {digress}, {stray}, {divagate}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0