Wan·der v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wandered p. pr. & vb. n. Wandering.]
 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.
    They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.   --Heb. xi. 37.
    He wandereth abroad for bread.   --Job xv. 23.
 2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
    When God caused me to wander from my father's house.   --Gen. xx. 13.
    O, let me not wander from thy commandments.   --Ps. cxix. 10.
 3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
 Syn: -- To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err; swerve; deviate; depart.