wander

Verb

• 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
    

• 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
    

• go via an indirect route or at no set pace
  • After dinner, we wandered into town
    

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
  • She cheats on her husband
    
  • Might her husband be wandering?
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  digress , stray , divagate , weave , wind , thread , meander , cheat on , cheat , cuckold , betray