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1 to wander about
to wander aboutandar ao léu, perambular. -
2 wander
['wondə] 1. verb1) (to go, move, walk etc (about, in or on) from place to place with no definite destination in mind: I'd like to spend a holiday wandering through France; The mother wandered the streets looking for her child.) percorrer2) (to go astray or move away from the proper place or home: His mind wanders; My attention was wandering.) divagar2. noun(an act of wandering: He's gone for a wander round the shops.) passeio- wanderer- wanderlust* * *wan.der[w'ɔndə] n 1 viagem, passeio. 2 vagueação, perambulação. • vt+vi 1 errar, vaguear, andar ao léu, perambular, vagar, passear. 2 serpentear, seguir um curso sinuoso (rio). 3 desviar-se (também fig), como em assunto, conversa, desencaminhar(-se), apartar-se, transviar-se. 4 delirar, tresvariar, falar incoerentemente, devanear. 5 lançar, volver (olhos). to allow one’s thoughts to wander permitir que os pensamentos voem sem rumo. to wander about andar ao léu, perambular. to wander off fig perder-se, desviar-se. -
3 wander
['wondə] 1. verb1) (to go, move, walk etc (about, in or on) from place to place with no definite destination in mind: I'd like to spend a holiday wandering through France; The mother wandered the streets looking for her child.) vaguear2) (to go astray or move away from the proper place or home: His mind wanders; My attention was wandering.) vaguear2. noun(an act of wandering: He's gone for a wander round the shops.) volta- wanderer- wanderlust -
4 moon about/around
(to wander around as if dazed, eg because one is in love.) vaguear -
5 moon about/around
(to wander around as if dazed, eg because one is in love.) vaguear -
6 potter
I ['potə] noun(a person who makes plates, cups, vases etc out of clay and fires them in an oven (called a kiln).) oleiro- potteryII [potə] verb(to wander about doing small jobs or doing nothing important: I spent the afternoon pottering (about).) vaguear* * *pot.ter1[p'ɔtə] n 1 oleiro. 2 enlatador de conservas.————————pot.ter2[p'ɔtə] vi 1 malbaratar o tempo com bagatelas. he pottered away his time / ele desperdiçou o seu tempo. 2 trabalhar displicentemente. 3 tagarelar, parolar. 4 perambular. to potter about vadiar. -
7 potter
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8 meander
[mi'ændə]1) ((of a river) to flow slowly along with many bends and curves: The stream meandered through the meadows.) serpear2) ((of people etc) to wander about in various directions: His writing meanders all over the page.) vaguear* * *me.an.der[mi'ændə] n meandro, sinuosidade. • vi serpear, correr em linhas sinuosas, meandrar. -
9 mooch
[mu: ]( slang)1) (to wander about (as if) without any purpose: There are no places of entertainment here, so they just mooch around at night.)2) ((American) to get a drink, money etc by asking someone to give it to you without intending to return it; to sponge: He is always mooching cigarettes; She keeps mooching off her friends.)* * *[mu:tʃ] vt+vi 1 vaguear, perambular. 2 sl roubar. 3 pedir, obter à custa de outrem. -
10 meander
[mi'ændə]1) ((of a river) to flow slowly along with many bends and curves: The stream meandered through the meadows.) serpear2) ((of people etc) to wander about in various directions: His writing meanders all over the page.) vaguear -
11 mooch
[mu: ]( slang)1) (to wander about (as if) without any purpose: There are no places of entertainment here, so they just mooch around at night.)2) ((American) to get a drink, money etc by asking someone to give it to you without intending to return it; to sponge: He is always mooching cigarettes; She keeps mooching off her friends.) -
12 roam
[rəum](to walk about without any fixed plan or purpose; to wander: He roamed from town to town; He roamed (over) the hills.) vaguear- roamer* * *[roum] n perambulação, passeio ou viagem sem fim definido. • vt+vi 1 vagar, perambular, andar a esmo. 2 passear, viajar. we roamed about the country / percorremos o país. -
13 roam
[rəum](to walk about without any fixed plan or purpose; to wander: He roamed from town to town; He roamed (over) the hills.) vaguear- roamer
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wander about — index prowl Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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about — /əˈbaʊt / (say uh bowt) preposition 1. of; concerning; in regard to: to talk about secrets. 2. connected with: instructions about the work. 3. somewhere near or in: she is about the house. 4. near; close to: about my height. 5. on every side of;… …
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Wander — Wan der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wandering}.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS. wandrian; akin to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See {Wind} to turn.] [1913 Webster] 1. To ramble here and there without any certain … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wander — (v.) O.E. wandrian move about aimlessly, wander, from W.Gmc. *wandrojan (Cf. O.Fris. wondria, M.L.G., M.Du. wanderen, Ger. wandern to wander, a variant form of the root represented in O.H.G. wantalon to walk, wander ), from root *wend to turn… … Etymology dictionary
wander — [v1] move about aimlessly aberrate, amble, circumambulate, circumlocute, circumnutate, cruise, deviate, divagate, diverge, drift, float, follow one’s nose*, gad*, gallivant*, globe trot, hike, hopscotch*, jaunt, maunder, meander, peregrinate,… … New thesaurus
wander — [wän′dər] vi. [ME wandren < OE wandrian, akin to Ger wandern, akin ? to WEND, WIND1] 1. to move or go about aimlessly, without plan or fixed destination; ramble; roam 2. to go to a destination in a casual way or by an indirect route; idle;… … English World dictionary
wander — wan|der1 [ wandər ] verb ** ▸ 1 travel without purpose ▸ 2 move away from place ▸ 3 stop concentrating ▸ 4 talk about something else ▸ 5 look at something else ▸ 6 when path/river curves 1. ) intransitive or transitive to travel from place to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
