noun
travelling about without any clear destination
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she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
• Syn: ↑roving, ↑vagabondage
• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑traveling, ↑travelling
• Hyponyms: ↑drifting
adjective
1. migratory (Freq. 2)
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a restless mobile society
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the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
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believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
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wandering tribes
• Similar to: ↑unsettled
2. of a path e.g. (Freq. 2)
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meandering streams
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rambling forest paths
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the river followed its wandering course
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a winding country road
• Syn: ↑meandering, ↑rambling, ↑winding
• Similar to: ↑indirect
3. having no fixed course
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an erratic comet
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his life followed a wandering course
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a planetary vagabond
• Similar to: ↑unsettled
Useful english dictionary. 2012.