wandering

Collocations

5

ADJ.

fond, long, over

VERB + WANDERING

am, don't, enjoys, gone, saw, time, undertook, want

WANDERING + NOUN

europe, forest, garage, kidney, liver, mall, monk, sea

PREP.

about, after, around, in, through

ADV.

aimlessly, blindly

Definitions

adj

1

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

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

Disordered speech or delirium.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — travelling about without any clear destination

roving
vagabondage

adjective — having no fixed course

adjective — migratory

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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 M

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02

a wandering kidney; a wandering liver

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03

I've been wandering around.

Tatoeba · #34200

04

The boy was wandering about the town.

Tatoeba · #46306

05

Just wandering around can be a good way to travel.

Tatoeba · #66627

06

I was wasting time, wandering around the garage, when an old truck swept into driveway.

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