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English

Intransitive verb

to wander (wandering, wandered, wandered)

  1. To move without purpose; often in search of livelihood.
  2. To commit adultery.
  3. To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
  4. Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.

Synonyms

  • (move without purpose): err, roam
  • (commit adultery): cheat
  • (go somewhere indirectly):
  • (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention): drift

Translations

move without purpose

  • Finnish: vaeltaa , vaellella , samota , harhailla , hortoilla
  • French: errer
  • German: umherstreifen , umherstreichen , herumziehen , stromern , zigeunern
  • Italian: errare

commit adultery

  • Finnish: tehdä huorin (religious), tehdä aviorikos , olla uskoton
  • German: fremdgehen , einen Seitensprung tun

go somewhere indirectly

  • Finnish: kierrellä , kaarrella , vaeltaa
  • German: wandeln , umherschweifen

of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention

  • Finnish: harhailla
  • German: abschweifen


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