Word Meanings - NOMADIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. W. Tooke.

Related words: (words related to NOMADIZE)

• FINDER
  One who, or that which, finds; specifically , a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.
• NOMADE
  See N
• ABOUT
  On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info)
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• PASTURAGE
  1. Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture. 2. Grass growing for feed; grazing. 3. The business of feeding or grazing cattle.
• WANDEROO
  A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other
• HERDSWOMAN
  A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott.
• WANDERINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• NOMADIAN
  A nomad.
• NOMADISM
  The state of being a nomad.
• NOMAD
  One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game. (more info) cf. F. nomade. Cf. Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb,
• RIVERSIDE
  The side or bank of a river.
• FINDFAULTING
  Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. Whitlock.
• FINDFAULT
  A censurer or caviler.
• NOMADIZE
  To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. W. Tooke.
• WANDERER
  One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.
• FIND
  findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pat 1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new,
• WANDERING
  a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross , the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell , an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering
• WANDER
  1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins. Heb. xi. 37. He wandereth abroad for
• NOMADIC
  Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- No*mad"ic*al*ly, adv.
• FORWANDER
  To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• RACEABOUT
  A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
• REFIND
  To find again; to get or experience again. Sandys.
• STIRABOUT
  A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
• MARABOUT
  A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.