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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 ɲ··Բ.
- 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 51Թ Forms
- ɲ··Բ· adverb
- ɲ··Բ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ɲ··Բ adjective
- un·ɲ··Բ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wandering1
Example Sentences
Perhaps you’ll recognize the familiar sight of middle-class characters wandering into elite circles on an idyllic getaway from films like “The Menu” and “Glass Onion.”
Residents in the country's second most populous city say they have spent sleepless nights wandering the streets in despair as food and water supplies dwindle.
These are places that invite wandering and discovery.
He checked to see if anyone was hiding under a car, in a truck bed, in one of several outbuildings — “always looking over your shoulder” — before helping wrangle any cows wandering where they shouldn’t.
A man reported to police for wandering around Aberdeen with a knife was repeatedly struck by a police car as officers tried to disarm him.
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