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wand'ring

UK/ˈwɒndɹɪŋ/US/ˈwɑndɹɪŋ/

wand'ring is the contraction of wandering.

Meaning of wandering

Adjective

wandering (not comparable)

  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.2013, Xuan Pan, Hsing Yun, “When You Stop By the Four Permanent Exhibits”, in Robert Smitheram, transl., Buddha Land in the Human World: The Making of the Buddha Memorial Center, 1st English edition...
  2. Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.
    • a wandering kidney; a wandering liver

See all 7 meanings of wandering

Questions about wand'ring

What is wand'ring the contraction of?
Wand'ring is the contraction of wandering.
How do you pronounce wand'ring?
Wand'ring is pronounced /ˈwɑndɹɪŋ/ (US).

Words near wand'ring in the dictionary

  1. Wanchos
  2. wand
  3. wand mullein
  4. wand of peace
  5. wand work
  6. wand'ring
  7. wand-work
  8. Wanda
  9. Wandana Heights
  10. wande
  11. wanded

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