"meander" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /miˈændə(ɹ)/ [UK], /miˈændɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meander.wav [Southern-England] Forms: meanders [plural]
Etymology: From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Maeander}} Latin Maeander, {{der|en|grc|Μαίανδρος}} Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros), {{m+|tr|Menderes}} Turkish Menderes Head templates: {{en-noun}} meander (plural meanders)
  1. (often plural) One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course. Tags: often, plural Translations (one of the turns of a course): mutka (Finnish), Windung [feminine] (German), zakole [neuter] (Polish), slingra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-meander-en-noun-dYM-F~5l Disambiguation of 'one of the turns of a course': 64 23 4 4 3 2
  2. (geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse Categories (topical): Geography Translations (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse): meandro (Basque), меа́ндър (meándǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), meandre [masculine] (Catalan), 河套 (hétào) (Chinese Mandarin), meandr [masculine] (Czech), mæander [common-gender] (Danish), meander [masculine] (Dutch), waterloop [masculine] (Dutch), meander (Estonian), meanderi (Finnish), méandre [masculine] (French), meandro [masculine] (Galician), Flusswindung [feminine] (German), Mäander [masculine] (German), Flussschlinge [feminine] (German), Flussbiegung [feminine] (German), kanyarulat (Hungarian), meander (Hungarian), meandro [masculine] (Italian), meandrs [masculine] (Latvian), meandra [feminine] (Lithuanian), меа́ндер (meánder) [masculine] (Macedonian), meander [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), meander [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), meander [masculine] (Polish), zakole [neuter] (Polish), meandro [masculine] (Portuguese), meandru [neuter] (Romanian), меа́ндр (meándr) [masculine] (Russian), меандар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), meandar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), meander [masculine] (Slovak), meander [masculine] (Slovene), meandro [masculine] (Spanish), meander [common-gender] (Swedish), меа́ндр (meándr) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-meander-en-noun-5TrwIgti Topics: geography, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse': 14 75 2 3 5 1
  3. A tortuous or winding journey. Translations (tortuous or intricate movement): кривуличене (krivuličene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kiemurtelu (Finnish), méandre [masculine] (French), meandre [feminine, plural] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-meander-en-noun-es50zhzz Disambiguation of 'tortuous or intricate movement': 20 12 38 16 11 3
  4. Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork. Synonyms: Greek key [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-meander-en-noun-gK0aP~gg
  5. (mathematics) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Curves Categories (place): Bodies of water, Landforms
    Sense id: en-meander-en-noun-JlS~izNC Disambiguation of Curves: 7 20 5 14 35 5 6 3 6 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 9 14 4 12 35 9 8 2 9 Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 17 4 12 30 8 7 4 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 4 15 38 7 7 1 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 7 4 13 49 5 4 1 7 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  6. (possibly obsolete) A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey. Tags: obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-meander-en-noun-swHAHhtH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mæander [archaic]
Derived forms: incised meander, meander belt, meanderer, meanderian, meanderic, meanderiform, meanderine, meandering, meandery, meander line, meander loop, meandrous, meandry

Verb

IPA: /miˈændə(ɹ)/ [UK], /miˈændɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meander.wav [Southern-England] Forms: meanders [present, singular, third-person], meandering [participle, present], meandered [participle, past], meandered [past]
Etymology: From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Maeander}} Latin Maeander, {{der|en|grc|Μαίανδρος}} Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros), {{m+|tr|Menderes}} Turkish Menderes Head templates: {{en-verb}} meander (third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered)
  1. (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Synonyms: wind, worm Translations (to wind or turn): تَعَرَّجَ (taʕarraja) (Arabic), кривулича (krivuliča) (Bulgarian), klikatit se [imperfective] (Czech), vinout se [imperfective] (Czech), kroutit se [imperfective] (Czech), serpentumi (Esperanto), kiemurrella (Finnish), luikerrella (Finnish), polveilla (Finnish), méandrer (French), sich schlängeln (German), mäandrieren (German), bí ag lúbarnaíl (Irish), spiegarsi (Italian), stendersi (Italian), avvilupparsi (Italian), dispiegarsi (Italian), 迂曲 (ukyoku) (Japanese), うきょく (Japanese), whakakoki (Maori), kōpiko (Maori), kōpikopiko (Maori), meandrere (Norwegian Bokmål), wić [imperfective] (Polish), meandra [rare] (Romanian), lùb (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-meander-en-verb-NLZ9gXp3 Disambiguation of Gaits: 6 6 10 9 6 4 43 5 10 Disambiguation of 'to wind or turn': 69 0 31
  2. (intransitive) To be intricate. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-meander-en-verb-CyMT3jWD
  3. (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. Tags: transitive Translations (to make flexuous): taivutella (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-meander-en-verb-ttza05Gh Disambiguation of 'to make flexuous': 1 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mæander [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2008, Todd Merrill, James Mont: The King Cole Penthouse, Lulu.com",
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          "text": "And as to the lands that were within the national meander boundaries, that description was based upon a state survey?",
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        {
          "ref": "1894, United States Bureau of Land Management, Manual of Surveying Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States and Private Land Claims, page 44",
          "text": "Markings on Meander Corners. On all meander corners, the letters “M. C.” ( for meander corner) will be cut into the side facing the stream or lake to be meandered. On post or tree meander corners, within township exteriors[…]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, United States House Committee on Public Lands, Providing for Appeals from Decisions of the Interior Department in Land Matters: Hearing Held Before the Committee on the Public Lands of the House Representatives, June 22, 1910, on H.R. 27071, \"To Provide for Appeals from Decisions of the Secretary of the Interior to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes.\", page 56",
          "text": "And as to the lands that were within the national meander boundaries, that description was based upon a state survey?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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        "obsolete",
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      "ipa": "/miˈændə(ɹ)/",
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      "ipa": "/miˈændɚ/",
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        "US"
      ]
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one of the turns of a course",
      "word": "mutka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one of the turns of a course",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Windung"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one of the turns of a course",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "one of the turns of a course",
      "word": "slingra"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krivuličene",
      "sense": "tortuous or intricate movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "tortuous or intricate movement",
      "word": "kiemurtelu"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tortuous or intricate movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tortuous or intricate movement",
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "meandre"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "meándǎr",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меа́ндър"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meandre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hétào",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "word": "河套"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meandr"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "mæander"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meander"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "waterloop"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "word": "meander"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "word": "meanderi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "méandre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meandro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flusswindung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mäander"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Flussschlinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flussbiegung"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "word": "kanyarulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "word": "meander"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "meandro"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meandrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "meánder",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меа́ндер"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "meander"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "zakole"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meandro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meandru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "meándr",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меа́ндр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меандар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meandar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meander"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meander"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meandro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "meander"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "meándr",
      "sense": "geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меа́ндр"
    }
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}

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    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
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    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Maori translations",
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          "ref": "1881, Edwin Lester Arnold, On the Indian Hills",
          "text": "Instead of a rivulet meandering downwards, there was a foaming brown torrent racing over the ledge, carrying down great loose stones with it and falling with a loud roar far down into the unseen chasm below.",
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        {
          "ref": "2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 51",
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        "US"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taʕarraja",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "تَعَرَّجَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krivuliča",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "кривулича"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "klikatit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vinout se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kroutit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "serpentumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "kiemurrella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "luikerrella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "polveilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "méandrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "sich schlängeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "mäandrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "bí ag lúbarnaíl"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "spiegarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "stendersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "avvilupparsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "dispiegarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ukyoku",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "迂曲"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "うきょく"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "whakakoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "kōpiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "kōpikopiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "meandrere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "meandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to wind or turn",
      "word": "lùb"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make flexuous",
      "word": "taivutella"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meander"
}

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