wander

IPA: wˈɑndɝ

(countable) An act or instance of wandering.
(uncountable) The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value.
A surname.

(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
(intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
(intransitive) To commit adultery.
(intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
(intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.

Examples of "wander" in Sentences

Letting my mind wander is usually when I have the best ideas.
Are we to wander is some strange wilderness, aimlessly without direction.
But the only place my eyes can wander is to the nylon displays a few yards away.
I feared to wander from the sight of my fellow-creatures, lest when alone he should come to claim his companion.
He let his gaze wander from the ordered stacks of papers on his desk to the expanse of woodland visible through the loft window.
The goal is to win converts, that is people who will wander from the literary fiction aisle of B&N to the Fantasy & Sci-Fi section.
Not even a coach likely destined for the Hall of Fame, Bill Parcells, could help the Cowboys wander from the playoff desert in four seasons as head coach, losing twice.
And then there's always that old Communion hymn with the line, "We pray for those who wander from the fold/O bring them back, Good Shepherd of the sheep/Back to the Faith which saints believed of old,/Back to the Church, which still that Faith doth keep."