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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)
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| Definition of 'meander' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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| Definition of 'meander' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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| Definitions of 'meander' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. meander
. See Mæander.
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Sense: (of a river) to flow slowly along with many bends and curves
The stream meandered through the meadows.
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 Afrikaans: meander |
 Arabic: يَتَعَرَّج، يَنْعَطِف |
 Bulgarian: извивам се |
 Brazilian: serpentear |
 Czech: klikatit se |
 German: sich winden |
 Danish: bugte sig |
 Greek: ελίσσομαι |
 Spanish: serpentear |
 Estonian: looklema |
 Farsi: مسير پيچيده اى را طى کردن |
 Finnish: mutkitella |
 French: serpenter |
 Hebrew: לְהִתפַּתֵל |
 Hindi: टेढे़-मेढे़ बहना |
 Croatian: krivudati, vijugati |
 Hungarian: kanyarog |
 Indonesian: berkelok-kelok |
 Icelandic: hlykkjast, bugðast |
 Italian: serpeggiare |
 Japanese: 曲がりくねる |
 Korean: 굽이쳐 흐르다 |
 Lithuanian: vingiuoti |
 Latvian: līkumot |
 Malay: berkelok-kelok |
 Dutch: zich slingeren |
 Norwegian: bukte seg |
 Polish: wić się |
 Persian: مسير پيچيده اى را طى کردن |
 Pashto: ستونزمن مسير لرل |
 Portuguese: serpear |
 Romanian: aşerpui |
 Russian: извиваться |
 Slovak: kľukatiť sa |
 Slovenian: vijugati se |
 Serbian: vijugati |
 Swedish: meandra, ringla sig |
 Thai: (แม่น้ำ) ไหลคดเคี้ยว |
 Turkish: kıvrıla kıvrıla ilerlemek |
 Taiwanese: 蜿蜓而流 |
 Ukrainian: коліно |
 Urdu: ٹیڑھے میڑھے راستوں سے نکل |
 Vietnamese: chảy quanh co |
 Chinese: 蜿蜓而流 |
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