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Vagabond (Verb)

Meaning

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".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Examples

  • Homeless for months, she vagabonded the streets in search of scraps to eat and temporary shelters to stay in.
  • The traveling musician had been vagabonding across the continent for years, playing gigs wherever he could find them.
  • He vagabonded around town, talking to anyone who would listen, in his attempt to raise funds for a new shelter.
  • During the economic downturn, many migrant workers vagabonded from city to city, desperate for any form of employment.
  • After losing her job, she found herself vagabonding through the streets of her hometown, a once self-assured woman now lost and directionless.

Synonyms

  • Swan
  • Roam
  • Cast
  • Wander
  • Ramble
  • Rove
  • Range
  • Drift
  • Tramp
  • Roll
  • Stray

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Locomote
  • Travel
  • Move

Hyponyms

  • Maunder
  • Gad
  • Gallivant
  • Jazz Around

Related Words

  • Vagabond (noun)
  • Vagabondage (noun)
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