Definitions for wandering
ˈwɒn dər ɪŋwan·der·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. wandering, roving, vagabondageadjective

   travelling about without any clear destination

   "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

2. mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wanderingadjective

   migratory

   "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(a), rambling, wandering(a), windingadjective

   of a path e.g.

   "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

4. erratic, planetary, wanderingadjective

   having no fixed course

   "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wanderingnoun

   Travelling with no preset route; roaming.

2. wanderingnoun

   Irregular turning of the eyes.

3. wanderingnoun

   Aimless thought.

4. wanderingnoun

   Straying from a desired path.

5. wanderingnoun

   Disordered speech or delirium.

6. wanderingadjective

   That which wanders.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wanderingnoun

   Etymology: from wander.

   1. Uncertain peregrination.

   He asks the god, what new appointed home
   Should end his wand’rings, and his toils relieve? Addison.

   2. Aberration; mistaken way.

   If any man’s eagerness of glory has made him oversee the way to it, let him now recover his wanderings. Decay of Piety.

   3. Incertainty; want of being fixed.

   A proper remedy for this wandering of thoughts, would do great service to the studious. John Locke.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wandering

   of Wander

2. Wandering

   a. & n. from Wander, v

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1. Wandering

   Wandering is a town located in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 120 kilometres from the state capital, Perth, just off the Albany Highway. It is the main town in the Shire of Wandering. At the 2006 census, Wandering had a population of 355.

How to pronounce wandering?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say wandering in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wandering in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wandering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of wandering in a Sentence

1. Bern Williams:

   Ideas are like wandering sons. They show up when you least expect them.

2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   listen! trench town was a healing sanctuary for many a wandering souls in kingston jamaica. I am here now to make sure that this crucial part of our history/my history will be permanently enshrined with us legends and be so protected. No one else can do it.

3. Jeff Yang:

   We're all hoping that this works, because 20 years of wandering in the wilderness is damn well enough.

4. Dr. Rich Melheim:

   When a child's mind begins to wander because of something you (the teacher) have said, wander with it. When it begins to wander because of nothing you said, kick yourself in the posterior and say something worth wandering about!

5. Clarice Phelps:

   They had left me off this whole thing, i felt embarrassed because everyone is wandering around this luncheon, and I literally did n’t have a seat at the table. I went outside, and I was crying.

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