wandering

/หˆwษ‘ndษ™ษนษชล‹/

IPA: /W AA1 N D ER0 IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.

    โ€œto wander over the fieldsโ€

  2. 2

    To stray; stray from one's course; err.

    โ€œA writer wanders from his subject.โ€

  3. 3

    To commit adultery.

    syn:cheat
  4. 4

    To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.

  5. 5

    Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.

    syn:drift
noun
  1. 1

    Travelling with no preset route; roaming.

  2. 2

    Irregular turning of the eyes.

  3. 3

    Aimless thought.

  4. 4

    Straying from a desired path.

  5. 5

    (chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.

adjective
  1. 1

    Which wanders; travelling from place to place.

  2. 2

    (of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.

    โ€œa wandering kidney; a wandering liverโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wander, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wandering