Wandering

adjective
1.
moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling:
wandering tourists.
2.
having no permanent residence; nomadic:
a wandering tribe of Indians.
3.
meandering; winding:
a wandering river; a wandering path.
noun
4.
an aimless roving about; leisurely traveling from place to place:
a period of delightful wandering through Italy.
5.
Usually, wanderings.

aimless travels; meanderings:
Her wanderings took her all over the world.
disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies:
mental wanderings; the wanderings of delirium.

6.
seemingly aimless or random movement or locomotion by a person with a mental disorder or cognitive impairment:
Wandering by Alzheimer’s patients is a problem in nursing homes.
See also elopement (def 2).
verb (used without object)
1.
to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray:
to wander over the earth.
2.
to go aimlessly, indirectly, or casually; meander:
The river wanders among the rocks.
3.
to extend in an irregular course or direction:
Foothills wandered off to the south.
4.
to move, pass, or turn idly, as the hand or the eyes.
5.
(of the mind, thoughts, desires, etc.) to take one direction or another without conscious intent or control:
His attention wandered as the speaker droned on.
6.
to stray from a path, place, companions, etc.:
During the storm the ship wandered from its course.
7.
to deviate in conduct, belief, etc.; err; go astray:
Let me not wander from Thy Commandments.
8.
to think or speak confusedly or incoherently.
9.
(of a person with a mental disorder or cognitive impairment) to move about or walk in a seemingly aimless or random manner.
verb (used with object)
10.
to travel about, on, or through:
He wandered the streets.
noun
11.
Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
verb (mainly intransitive)
1.
(also transitive) to move or travel about, in, or through (a place) without any definite purpose or destination
2.
to proceed in an irregular course; meander
3.
to go astray, as from a path or course
4.
(of the mind, thoughts, etc) to lose concentration or direction
5.
to think or speak incoherently or illogically
noun
6.
the act or an instance of wandering

wandering wan·der·ing (wŏn’dər-ĭng)
adj.
Moving about freely; not fixed; abnormally motile.

of the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter the Promised Land (Num. 14:26-35). They wandered for forty years before they were permitted to cross the Jordan (Josh. 4:19; 5:6). The record of these wanderings is given in Num. 33:1-49. Many of the stations at which they camped cannot now be identified. Questions of an intricate nature have been discussed regarding the “Wanderings,” but it is enough for us to take the sacred narrative as it stands, and rest assured that “He led them forth by the right way” (Ps. 107:1-7, 33-35). (See WILDERNESS.)