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ALL meanings of wandering

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  • adjective wandering moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists. 1
  • adjective wandering having no permanent residence; nomadic: a wandering tribe of Indians. 1
  • adjective wandering meandering; winding: a wandering river; a wandering path. 1
  • noun wandering Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device. 1
  • verb without object wandering to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth. 1
  • verb without object wandering to go aimlessly, indirectly, or casually; meander: The river wanders among the rocks. 1
  • verb without object wandering to extend in an irregular course or direction: Foothills wandered off to the south. 1
  • verb without object wandering to move, pass, or turn idly, as the hand or the eyes. 1
  • verb without object wandering (of the mind, thoughts, desires, etc.) to take one direction or another without conscious intent or control: His attention wandered as the speaker droned on. 1
  • verb without object wandering to stray from a path, place, companions, etc.: During the storm the ship wandered from its course. 1
  • verb without object wandering to deviate in conduct, belief, etc.; err; go astray: Let me not wander from Thy Commandments. 1
  • verb without object wandering to think or speak confusedly or incoherently. 1
  • verb without object wandering (of a person with a mental disorder or cognitive impairment) to move about or walk in a seemingly aimless or random manner. 1
  • verb with object wandering to travel about, on, or through: He wandered the streets. 1
  • noun wandering Traveling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant. 1
  • adjective wandering Wandering is used to describe people who travel around rather than staying in one place for a long time. 0
  • adjective wandering that wanders; moving from place to place; roaming, roving, straying, etc. 0
  • adjective wandering nomadic 0
  • abbreviation WANDERING winding 0
  • noun wandering an aimless going about 0
  • noun wandering travels, esp. when extended and apparently purposeless 0
  • noun wandering incoherent or disordered thoughts or utterances 0
  • noun wandering Travelling with no preset route; roaming. 0
  • noun wandering Irregular turning of the eyes. 0
  • noun wandering Aimless thought. 0
  • noun wandering Straying from a desired path. 0
  • noun wandering (chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium. 0
  • verb wandering present participle of wander. 0
  • adjective wandering Which wanders; travelling from place to place. 0
  • adjective wandering (medicine, of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions. 0
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