Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Wander (-ed, -ing)
wander (-ed, -ing), v. [OE wandrian.] (webplay: country, duty, God, home, men, mind, moral, sense, turn, way).
- Depart; leave; stray; move away; [fig.] die; pass on.
- Rove; ramble aimlessly.
- Search; seek a home; try to find a dwelling place.
- Go away; pass by; move on; [fig.] abandon; forsake; give up.
- Trickle; drip.
- Drift; roam; travel at a leisurely pace.
- Linger; tarry; dally; move slowly; [fig.] die painfully.
- Blow; flow; shift in various directions.
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