wandering

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈwɑndəɹɪŋ/
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/ˈwɑndəɹɪŋ/ · /ˈwɒndəɹɪŋ/

Definition of wandering

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
    “This was the time when Venerable Master Hsing Yun first arrived in Taiwan as a wandering monk and was refused lodgings. He was nearly reduced to begging on the street. Fortunately, the old Venerable Miaoguo of Yuanguang Temple in Chungli took him in.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
    “This was the time when Venerable Master Hsing Yun first arrived in Taiwan as a wandering monk and was refused lodgings. He was nearly reduced to begging on the street. Fortunately, the old Venerable Miaoguo of Yuanguang Temple in Chungli took him in.”
  2. (not-comparable)Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.
    “a wandering kidney; a wandering liver”

noun

  1. Travelling without preset route; roaming.
  2. Irregular turning of the eyes.
  3. Aimless thought.
  4. Straying from a desired path.
  5. (in-plural)Disordered speech or delirium.

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of wander

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Etymology

From wander + -ing.

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