wended
Made one's way
Wended is the past tense of wend, meaning to make one's way or travel along a route.
The word survives almost exclusively in the phrase wend one's way: We wended our way through the crowded market.
It suggests unhurried, meandering progress rather than direct movement.
Went on a journey
- journeyedTraveled a distance
- trekkedTraveled laboriously on foot
- roamedTraveled without fixed course
- traversedTraveled across something
voyaged · proceeded · progressed · pilgrimaged · sojourned · migrated · rambled · navigated
Chose from options
- threadedPassed through an opening
- navigatedDirected one's course
- maneuveredMoved with calculated skill
- steeredControlled direction of travel
guided · directed · charted · chose · traced · found · followed · pursued
Curving repeatedly, sinuous
- twistingRotating with distortion
- snakingMoving in curves
- curvingBending in arc
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
threading · zigzagging · serpentine · circuitous · rambling · sinuous · tortuous · bending
Belonging to earlier times
- poeticOf or like verse
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
- bygoneOf earlier times
vintage · nostalgic · classic · traditional · time-honored · old-world · storybook · fairy-tale
traveled
Went on a journey
traversed · voyaged · proceeded · progressed · pilgrimaged · sojourned · migrated · rambled · navigated · ventured
picked
Chose from options
- threadedPassed through an opening
- navigatedDirected one's course
- maneuveredMoved with calculated skill
steered · guided · directed · charted · chose · traced · found · followed · pursued · sought
winding
Curving repeatedly, sinuous
weaving · threading · zigzagging · serpentine · circuitous · rambling · sinuous · tortuous · bending · looping
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
- poeticOf or like verse
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
bygone · vintage · nostalgic · classic · traditional · time-honored · old-world · storybook · fairy-tale · folkloric