vverb.motionmove about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employmentSynset:cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:wanderervagabondstrayervagabondageroamerramblerrovingstrayrambledriftertrampdriftingwandering
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:rolltravel
Direct Hyponyms:gadgallivantjazz aroundmaunder
Full Troponyms:gallivantmaunder
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP | They --- the countryside (apply to: ramble, wander, rove, roam) | They --- in the countryside (apply to: ramble, wander, rove, roam)
vverb.socialbe sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriageSynset:betray cheat cheat on cuckold
Examples:- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?
Derivationally Related Form:cuckold
Hypernyms:cozen deceive delude lead on
Inherited Hypernyms:cheat ondeceivevictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:fool aroundplay aroundtwo-time
Full Troponyms:play aroundtwo-time
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s (apply to: wander, cheat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: cheat on, cheat, betray)
vverb.motiongo via an indirect route or at no set paceExamples:- After dinner, we wandered into town
Hypernyms:continue go forward proceed
Inherited Hypernyms:wanderproceedtravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionto move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular courseSynset:meander thread weave wind
Examples:- the river winds through the hills
- the path meanders through the vineyards
- sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
Derivationally Related Form:meanderthread
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:weavetravel
Direct Hyponyms:snake
Full Troponyms:snake
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.communicationlose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speakingSynset:digress divagate stray
Examples:- She always digresses when telling a story
- her mind wanders
- Don't digress when you give a lecture
Derivationally Related Form:divagationdigressivedigression
Hypernyms:tell
Inherited Hypernyms:digresstellinformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP