wander - to move around or go to different places usually without having a particular purpose or direction

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wander /ˈwɑːndɚ/  verb wanders; wandered; wandering

1 : to move around or go to different places usually without having a particular purpose or direction

[no object]

• I was just wandering around the house.
• They wandered down the street.
• Don't let the children wander too far (off).

[+ object]

• Students were wandering the halls.
• She wandered the streets.

2 [no object] : to follow a path with many turns

• The river wanders [=meanders, winds] through the valley.

3 [no object] : to go away from a path, course, etc.

• He wandered away from the trail and got lost.

— often used figuratively

• We are wandering from our original plan.
• The speech wandered off the subject.
• The speech was boring and my attention/mind began to wander. [=I began to think about other things besides the speech]