wandering
/ˈwɒndəɹɪŋ//ˈwɑndəɹɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
“to wander over the fields”
- 2
To stray; stray from one's course; err.
“A writer wanders from his subject.”
- 3
To commit adultery.
- 4
To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- 5
Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
noun
- 1
Travelling with no preset route; roaming.
- 2
Irregular turning of the eyes.
- 3
Aimless thought.
- 4
Straying from a desired path.
- 5
(chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.
adjective
- 1
Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
- 2
(of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.
“a wandering kidney; a wandering liver”
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