intransitive verb

1. to move or go about aimlessly, without plan or fixed destination; ramble; roam
2. to go to a destination in a casual way or by an indirect route; idle; stroll
3. 1. to turn aside or astray (from a path, course, etc.); lose one's way
   2. to stray from home, friends, familiar places, etc.: often with off
4. to go astray in mind or purpose; specif.,
   1. to drift away from a subject, as in discussion; stray or roam in thought
   2. to turn away from accepted belief or morals
   3. to be disjointed, disordered, incoherent, etc.
5. to pass or extend in an irregular course; meander, as a river
6. to move idly from one object to another: said of the eyes, a glance, the hands, etc.

Etymology: ME wandren < OE wandrian, akin to Ger wandern, akin ? to wend, wind

transitive verb