wander

/'wɔndə/
Verb
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. go via an indirect route or at no set pace
    • After dinner, we wandered into town
  4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
    • She cheats on her husband
    • Might her husband be wandering?
  5. 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

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A child wanders through a sunny meadow.