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Wandering
adjective 1.Migratory. Synonyms: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving. "The nomadic habits of the Bedouins" , "Believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future" , "Wandering tribes" 2.Of a path e.g.. Synonyms: meandering, rambling, winding. "Rambling forest paths" , "The river followed its wandering course" , "A winding country road" 3.Having no fixed course. Synonyms: erratic, planetary. "His life followed a wandering course" , "A planetary vagabond" noun
Wander
verb (past & past part. wandered; pres. part. wandering) 1.Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond. "Roving vagabonds" , "The wandering Jew" , "The cattle roam across the prairie" , "The laborers drift from one town to the next" , "They rolled from town to town" 2.Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage. Synonyms: betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold. "Might her husband be wandering?" 3.Go via an indirect route or at no set pace. 4.To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. Synonyms: meander, thread, weave, wind. "The path meanders through the vineyards" , "Sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" 5.Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. Synonyms: digress, divagate, stray. "Her mind wanders" , "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
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