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1 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.) klajoti/keliauti po2) (to go astray or move away from the proper place or home: His mind wanders; My attention was wandering.) nuklysti, klejoti2. noun(an act of wandering: He's gone for a wander round the shops.) klajojimas, keliavimas- wanderer- wanderlust -
2 digress
(to wander from the point, or from the main subject in speaking or writing.) nukrypti -
3 drift
[drift] 1. noun1) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) sąnaša, pusnis2) (the direction in which something is going; the general meaning: I couldn't hear you clearly, but I did catch the drift of what you said.) esmė, kryptis2. verb1) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) plaukti/nešti pasroviui2) ((of people) to wander or live aimlessly: She drifted from job to job.) plaukti pasroviui, bastytis•- drifter- driftwood -
4 meander
[mi'ændə]1) ((of a river) to flow slowly along with many bends and curves: The stream meandered through the meadows.) vingiuoti2) ((of people etc) to wander about in various directions: His writing meanders all over the page.) klaidžioti, klydinėti -
5 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.) šlaistytis, trainiotis2) ((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.) prašinėti, (nu)vilioti -
6 moon about/around
(to wander around as if dazed, eg because one is in love.) vaikščioti lyg apspangus -
7 potter
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8 roam
[rəum](to walk about without any fixed plan or purpose; to wander: He roamed from town to town; He roamed (over) the hills.) bastytis, klajoti- roamer -
9 rove
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10 stray
[strei] 1. verb(to wander, especially from the right path, place etc: The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed; to stray from the point.) nuklysti, nukrypti, paklysti2. noun(a cat, dog etc that has strayed and has no home.) valkata, bastūnas3. adjective1) (wandering or lost: stray cats and dogs.) benamis, valkataujantis2) (occasional, or not part of a general group or tendency: The sky was clear except for one or two stray clouds.) nuklydęs, atklydęs -
11 stroll
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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 — wander, stray, roam, ramble, rove, range, prowl, gad, gallivant, traipse, meander can mean to move about more or less aimlessly or without a plan from place to place or from point to point. Most of these verbs may imply walking, but most are not… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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 der, v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] [Elijah] wandered this barren waste. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wander — index digress, perambulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wander — ► VERB 1) walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way. 2) move slowly away from a fixed point or place. ► NOUN ▪ an act or spell of wandering. DERIVATIVES wanderer noun. ORIGIN Old English, related to WEND … English terms dictionary
wander — wan|der1 S3 [ˈwɔndə US ˈwa:ndər] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(without direction)¦ 2¦(move away)¦ 3¦(mind/thoughts)¦ 4¦(conversation)¦ 5 somebody s mind is wandering 6¦(eyes)¦ 7¦(road/river)¦ 8¦(hands)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: wandrian] … Dictionary of contemporary English
wander — I UK [ˈwɒndə(r)] / US [ˈwɑndər] verb Word forms wander : present tense I/you/we/they wander he/she/it wanders present participle wandering past tense wandered past participle wandered ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to travel from place to place … English dictionary
