verb
1 move slowly around a place/go from place to place
ADVERB
▪ slowly
▪ aimlessly
▪ disconsolately , restlessly
▪ happily
▪ at will , freely
▪
The cattle are allowed to ~ freely.
▪ just , simply
▪
Simply ~ing is a pleasure in itself.
▪ far , farther ( esp. AmE ), further ( esp. BrE ), further afield ( esp. BrE )
▪
One day she ~ed further afield.
▪ about ( esp. BrE ), across , along , around , away , back , in , off , out , over , round ( esp. BrE )
▪
He just ~ed in one day and asked for a job.
VERB + WANDER
▪ be free to
▪
Visitors are free to ~ through the gardens and woods.
▪ allow sb/sth to , let sb/sth
▪
How could you let him ~ off like that?
PREPOSITION
▪ across , all over , along , among , around , down , in , into , out of , round ( esp. BrE ), through , towards/toward
▪
Don't go ~ing all over the house!
▪
He ~ed into a bar and ordered a drink.
PHRASES
▪ find sb ~ing
▪
They found him ~ing around aimlessly.
2 stop concentrating
ADVERB
▪ a little
VERB + WANDER
▪ begin to
▪
His attention was beginning to ~.
▪ allow sth to , let sth
▪
Lisa let her mind ~ a little.
PREPOSITION
▪ from , to
▪
My thoughts ~ed from the exam questions to my interview the next day.
Wander is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ attention , ↑ chicken , ↑ dog , ↑ eye , ↑ gaze , ↑ ghost , ↑ goat , ↑ mind
Wander is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ corridor , ↑ countryside , ↑ earth , ↑ hallway , ↑ neighbourhood , ↑ street