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wandering
[ won-der-ing ]
adjective
- moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling:
Crowds of wandering tourists crossed the square.
- having no permanent residence; nomadic:
They were historically a wandering people, moving seasonally through the area.
- meandering; winding:
They followed a wandering path down the mountain.
noun
- an aimless roving about; leisurely traveling from place to place:
For our honeymoon we had a period of delightful wandering through Italy.
- Usually wan·der·ings.
- aimless travels; meanderings:
Her wanderings took her all over the world.
- disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies:
mental wanderings;
the wanderings of delirium.
- seemingly aimless or random movement from one place to another by a person with a mental or cognitive disability or impairment: elopement ( def 2 ).
Wandering by Alzheimer’s patients is a problem in nursing homes.
Other Words From
- wan·der·ing·ly adverb
- wan·der·ing·ness noun
- un·wan·der·ing adjective
- un·wan·der·ing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of wandering1
Example Sentences
Among the families wandering around The Shed on Thanksgiving weekend were Raemy Suwatson and her 11-year-old daughter, who learned she wouldn't be able to go on the rides the morning of their visit.
Shot on location in Colombia with sets that allow characters to move freely in long wandering shots, “One Hundred Years of Solitude” has a handcrafted, theatrical sensibility.
A lack of proper vegetation could cause smaller species to die out, leaving larger predators wandering into unfamiliar habitats to look for reliable food sources.
Listening to Sitman and Adler-Bell is like wandering the basement stacks of a library with two grad students jazzed on coffee and shuffling index cards.
Within hours, Sindle seemed to have a mental breakdown, according to accounts relayed in police reports: On the night of Aug. 11, she was wandering around the foster home talking about “guts.”
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