"wandered" in the verb sense

1. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond

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"

2. cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

"She cheats on her husband"

"Might her husband be wandering?"

3. wander

go via an indirect route or at no set pace

"After dinner, we wandered into town"

4. weave, wind, thread, meander, wander

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"

5. digress, stray, divagate, wander

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"

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