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 Definitions of Meander  [ˈæn dər]  

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Definition of 'Meander' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) meander
to proceed by a winding or indirect course.

2.  meander
to wander aimlessly; ramble.

3. (n.) meander
a winding path or course.

Etymology:  (1570–80; < L maeander < Gk maíandros a winding, generic use of Maíandros the Menderes River)

Definition of 'Meander' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) meander
a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

2. (verb) ramble, meander
an aimless amble on a winding course

3. (verb) weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
"the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"


Definition of 'Meander' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Meander
a winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries

2. (noun) Meander
a tortuous or intricate movement

3. (noun) Meander
fretwork. See Fret

4. (verb) Meander
to wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous

5. (verb) Meander
to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate


Definitions of 'Meander' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  Meander
. See Mæander.


Translation of 'Meander' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a river) to flow slowly along with many bends and curves
The stream meandered through the meadows.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: meander Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَعَرَّج، يَنْعَطِف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: извивам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: serpentear Czech flag Czech: klikatit se German flag German: sich winden
Danish flag Danish: bugte sig Greek flag Greek: ελίσσομαι Spanish flag Spanish: serpentear
Estonian flag Estonian: looklema Farsi flag Farsi: مسير پيچيده اى را طى کردن Finnish flag Finnish: mutkitella
French flag French: serpenter Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִתפַּתֵל Hindi flag Hindi: टेढे़-मेढे़ बहना
Croatian flag Croatian: krivudati, vijugati Hungarian flag Hungarian: kanyarog Indonesian flag Indonesian: berkelok-kelok
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hlykkjast, bugðast Italian flag Italian: serpeggiare Japanese flag Japanese: 曲がりくねる
Korean flag Korean: 굽이쳐 흐르다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vingiuoti Latvian flag Latvian: līkumot
Malay flag Malay: berkelok-kelok Dutch flag Dutch: zich slingeren Norwegian flag Norwegian: bukte seg
Polish flag Polish: wić się Persian flag Persian: مسير پيچيده اى را طى کردن Pashto flag Pashto: ستونزمن مسير لرل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: serpear Romanian flag Romanian: aşer­­pui Russian flag Russian: извиваться
Slovak flag Slovak: kľukatiť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: vijugati se Serbian flag Serbian: vijugati
Swedish flag Swedish: meandra, ringla sig Thai flag Thai: (แม่น้ำ) ไหลคดเคี้ยว Turkish flag Turkish: kıvrıla kıvrıla ilerlemek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 蜿蜓而流 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: коліно Urdu flag Urdu: ٹیڑھے میڑھے راستوں سے نکل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chảy quanh co Chinese flag Chinese: 蜿蜓而流

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