Definition of Wandering in English :

Define Wandering in English

Wandering meaning in English

Meaning of Wandering in English

Pronunciation of Wandering in English

Wandering pronunciation in English

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Wandering

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Noun

1. roving, vagabondage, wandering

travelling about without any clear destination

Example Sentences:
'she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him'

Adjective

2. mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering

migratory

Example Sentences:
'a restless mobile society'
'the nomadic habits of the Bedouins'
'believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future'
'wandering tribes'

3. meandering, rambling, wandering, winding

of a path e.g.

Example Sentences:
'meandering streams'
'rambling forest paths'
'the river followed its wandering course'
'a winding country road'

4. erratic, planetary, wandering

having no fixed course

Example Sentences:
'an erratic comet'
'his life followed a wandering course'
'a planetary vagabond'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wandering

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adjective
1. 
that wanders; moving from place to place; roaming, roving, straying, etc.
2. 
nomadic
said of tribes, peoples, etc.
3. 
winding
said of rivers and roads
noun
4. 
an aimless going about
5.  [pl.]
travels, esp. when extended and apparently purposeless
6.  [pl.]
incoherent or disordered thoughts or utterances

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Wandering

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v. wan·dered, wan·der·ing, wan·ders
v.intr.
1. To move about without a definite destination or purpose.
2. To go by an indirect route or at no set pace; amble: We wandered toward town.
3. To proceed in an irregular course; meander: The path wanders through the park.
4. To behave in a manner that does not conform to morality or norms: wander from the path of righteousness.
5. To turn the attention from one subject to another with little clarity or coherence of thought: I had a point to make, but my mind started wandering.
6. To be directed without an object or in various directions: His eyes wandered to the balcony.
v.tr.
1. To wander across or through: wander the forests and fields.
2. To be directed around or over: Her gaze wandered the docks.
n.
The act or an instance of wandering.

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