| slovo | definícia |
wander
(mass) | wander
- chodiť sem a tam, putovať, vandrovať |
wander
(encz) | wander,bloudit v: Zdeněk Brož |
wander
(encz) | wander,potulovat se v: Zdeněk Brož |
wander
(encz) | wander,putovat v: PetrV |
wander
(encz) | wander,toulat se v: PetrV |
wander
(encz) | wander,vandrovat v: PetrV |
Wander
(gcide) | Wander \Wan"der\, v. t.
To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to
stroll through. [R.] "[Elijah] wandered this barren waste."
--Milton.
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Wander
(gcide) | 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.]
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1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or
with no definite object in view; to range about; to
stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
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They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
--Heb. xi. 37.
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He wandereth abroad for bread. --Job xv. 23.
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2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go
astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
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When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
--Gen. xx. 13.
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O, let me not wander from thy commandments. --Ps.
cxix. 10.
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3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason;
to rave; as, the mind wanders.
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Syn: To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
swerve; deviate; depart.
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wander
(wn) | wander
v 1: 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"
[syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,
cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
2: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
[syn: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander]
3: go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we
wandered into town"
4: 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" [syn: weave, wind, thread,
meander, wander]
5: 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" [syn:
digress, stray, divagate, wander] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
wander
(mass) | wander
- chodiť sem a tam, putovať, vandrovať |
plain wanderer
(encz) | plain wanderer, n: |
wander
(encz) | wander,bloudit v: Zdeněk Brožwander,potulovat se v: Zdeněk Brožwander,putovat v: PetrVwander,toulat se v: PetrVwander,vandrovat v: PetrV |
wandered
(encz) | wandered,bloudil v: Zdeněk Brožwandered,bloumal v: Zdeněk Brožwandered,potuloval v: Zdeněk Brožwandered,putoval v: Zdeněk Brožwandered,toulal v: Zdeněk Brož |
wanderer
(encz) | wanderer,poutník n: PetrVwanderer,tulák n: PetrV |
wandering
(encz) | wandering,potulný adj: Zdeněk Brožwandering,přemísťování n: Zdeněk Brožwandering,toulající se adj: Zdeněk Brožwandering,toulavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wandering albatross
(encz) | wandering albatross,albatros stěhovavý [zoo.] MiCh |
wandering nerve
(encz) | wandering nerve, n: |
wanderlust
(encz) | wanderlust,toulavost n: záliba v cestování PetrV |
wanders
(encz) | wanders,potuluje v: Zdeněk Brož |
Forwander
(gcide) | Forwander \For*wan"der\, v. i.
To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
[Obs.]
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great wanderoo
(gcide) | Wanderoo \Wan`der*oo"\, n. [Cingalese wanderu a monkey.] (Zool.)
A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is
black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard
encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus,
neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.
[Written also ouanderoo.]
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Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other allied
species.
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Miswander
(gcide) | Miswander \Mis*wan"der\, v. i.
To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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plains wanderer
(gcide) | Pedionomus \Pedionomus\ prop. n.
A genus of birds including the plains wanderer ({Pedionomus
torquatus}) of New South Wales as its only species. It is the
only genus of the family Pedionomidae of the order
Passeriformes and the plains wanderer is the only species
in the family. The total world population (as of ca. 2000) is
estimated to be 5 to 10 thousand.
Note: See also http://www.philipmaher.com/plains.htm.
Syn: genus Pedionomus.
[WordNet 1.5]plains wanderer \plains wanderer\ n.
A bird of the genus Pedionomus (Pedionomus torquatus) of
New South Wales, the only species in the genus. Pedionomus
is the only genus of the family Pedionomidae of the order
Passeriformes and the plains wanderer is thus the only
species in the family. The total world population (ca. 2000)
is estimated to be 5 to 10 thousand.
Note: See also http://www.philipmaher.com/plains.htm.
Syn: plain wanderer.
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The Wandering Jew
(gcide) | Jew \Jew\ (j[=u] or j[udd]; 277), n. [OF. Juis, pl., F. Juif, L.
Judaeus, Gr. 'Ioydai^os, fr. 'Ioydai`a the country of the
Jews, Judea, fr. Heb. Y[e^]h[=u]d[=a]h Judah, son of Jacob.
Cf. Judaic.]
1. Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of
Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any
member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.
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2. An adherent of Judaism.
[PJC]
Jew's frankincense, gum styrax, or benzoin.
Jew's mallow (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius)
cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India
for its fiber.
Jew's pitch, asphaltum; bitumen.
The Wandering Jew, an imaginary personage, who, for his
cruelty to Christ during his passion, is doomed to wander
on the earth till Christ's second coming.
Wandering Jew, any of several house plants of the genera
Zebrina and Tradescantia having white-striped leaves,
especially the creeping plants Zebrina pendula and
Tradescantia fluminensis.
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Unwandering
(gcide) | Unwandering \Unwandering\
See wandering. |
Wandered
(gcide) | 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.]
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1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or
with no definite object in view; to range about; to
stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
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They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
--Heb. xi. 37.
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He wandereth abroad for bread. --Job xv. 23.
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2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go
astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
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When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
--Gen. xx. 13.
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O, let me not wander from thy commandments. --Ps.
cxix. 10.
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3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason;
to rave; as, the mind wanders.
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Syn: To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
swerve; deviate; depart.
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Wanderer
(gcide) | Wanderer \Wan"der*er\, n.
One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who
deviates from duty.
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Wandering
(gcide) | Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from Wander, v.
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Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See
Illust. of Albatross.
Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also floating kidney, {movable
kidney}.
Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.
See Illust. of Mouse.
Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
[1913 Webster]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.]
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1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or
with no definite object in view; to range about; to
stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
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They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
--Heb. xi. 37.
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He wandereth abroad for bread. --Job xv. 23.
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2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go
astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
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When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
--Gen. xx. 13.
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O, let me not wander from thy commandments. --Ps.
cxix. 10.
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3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason;
to rave; as, the mind wanders.
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Syn: To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
swerve; deviate; depart.
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Wandering albatross
(gcide) | Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from Wander, v.
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Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See
Illust. of Albatross.
Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also floating kidney, {movable
kidney}.
Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.
See Illust. of Mouse.
Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
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Wandering cell
(gcide) | Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from Wander, v.
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Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See
Illust. of Albatross.
Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also floating kidney, {movable
kidney}.
Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.
See Illust. of Mouse.
Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
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Wandering Jew
(gcide) | Jew \Jew\ (j[=u] or j[udd]; 277), n. [OF. Juis, pl., F. Juif, L.
Judaeus, Gr. 'Ioydai^os, fr. 'Ioydai`a the country of the
Jews, Judea, fr. Heb. Y[e^]h[=u]d[=a]h Judah, son of Jacob.
Cf. Judaic.]
1. Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of
Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any
member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.
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2. An adherent of Judaism.
[PJC]
Jew's frankincense, gum styrax, or benzoin.
Jew's mallow (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius)
cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India
for its fiber.
Jew's pitch, asphaltum; bitumen.
The Wandering Jew, an imaginary personage, who, for his
cruelty to Christ during his passion, is doomed to wander
on the earth till Christ's second coming.
Wandering Jew, any of several house plants of the genera
Zebrina and Tradescantia having white-striped leaves,
especially the creeping plants Zebrina pendula and
Tradescantia fluminensis.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from Wander, v.
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Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See
Illust. of Albatross.
Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also floating kidney, {movable
kidney}.
Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.
See Illust. of Mouse.
Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
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Wandering kidney
(gcide) | Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from Wander, v.
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Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See
Illust. of Albatross.
Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also floating kidney, {movable
kidney}.
Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.
See Illust. of Mouse.
Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
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Wandering liver
(gcide) | Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from Wander, v.
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Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See
Illust. of Albatross.
Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also floating kidney, {movable
kidney}.
Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.
See Illust. of Mouse.
Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
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Wandering mouse
(gcide) | Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from Wander, v.
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Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See
Illust. of Albatross.
Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also floating kidney, {movable
kidney}.
Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.
See Illust. of Mouse.
Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
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Wandering spider
(gcide) | Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from Wander, v.
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Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See
Illust. of Albatross.
Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also floating kidney, {movable
kidney}.
Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.
See Illust. of Mouse.
Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
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Wanderingly
(gcide) | Wanderingly \Wan"der*ing*ly\, adv.
In a wandering manner.
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Wanderment
(gcide) | Wanderment \Wan"der*ment\, n.
The act of wandering, or roaming. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Wanderoo
(gcide) | Wanderoo \Wan`der*oo"\, n. [Cingalese wanderu a monkey.] (Zool.)
A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is
black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard
encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus,
neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.
[Written also ouanderoo.]
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Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other allied
species.
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plain wanderer
(wn) | plain wanderer
n 1: small Australian bird related to the button quail;
classified as wading bird but inhabits plains [syn: {plain
wanderer}, Pedionomus torquatus] |
wander
(wn) | wander
v 1: 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"
[syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,
cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
2: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
[syn: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander]
3: go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we
wandered into town"
4: 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" [syn: weave, wind, thread,
meander, wander]
5: 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" [syn:
digress, stray, divagate, wander] |
wanderer
(wn) | wanderer
n 1: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn:
wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage]
2: a computer program that prowls the internet looking for
publicly accessible resources that can be added to a
database; the database can then be searched with a search
engine [syn: spider, wanderer] |
wandering
(wn) | wandering
adj 1: migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic
habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a
peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering
tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving,
wandering]
2: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding
country road" [syn: meandering(a), rambling,
wandering(a), winding]
3: having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life
followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn:
erratic, planetary, wandering]
n 1: travelling about without any clear destination; "she
followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" [syn:
wandering, roving, vagabondage] |
wandering albatross
(wn) | wandering albatross
n 1: very large albatross; white with wide black wings [syn:
wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans] |
wandering jew
(wn) | Wandering Jew
n 1: a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking
Jesus at the Crucifixion |
wandering nerve
(wn) | wandering nerve
n 1: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and
lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the
abdominal viscera [syn: vagus, vagus nerve, {nervus
vagus}, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, {tenth
cranial nerve}, wandering nerve] |
wanderlust
(wn) | wanderlust
n 1: very strong or irresistible impulse to travel [syn:
wanderlust, itchy feet] |
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