"meandering" meaning in English

See meandering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more meandering [comparative], most meandering [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} meandering (comparative more meandering, superlative most meandering)
  1. Winding or rambling. Derived forms: meanderingly Translations (winding, rambling): извит (izvit) (Bulgarian), кривуличещ (krivuličešt) (Bulgarian), polveileva (Finnish), mutkitteleva (Finnish), meanderoiva (note: of a river) (Finnish), méandreux (French), mäandernd (German), mäanderartig (German), abschweifend (German), mäandrisch (German), μαιανδρικός (maiandrikós) [masculine] (Greek), kanyargós (Hungarian), meandrowanie (Polish), lùbach (Scottish Gaelic), kọ́lọkọ̀lọ (Yoruba)
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Noun

Forms: meanderings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meandering (plural meanderings)
  1. An instance or period of roaming. Translations (instance or period of roaming): kiemurtelu (Finnish), polveilu (Finnish), mutkittelu (Finnish), meanderointi (note: of a river) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-meandering-en-noun-X02VtXym

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} meandering
  1. present participle and gerund of meander Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: meander
    Sense id: en-meandering-en-verb-G5ZblbrB

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "winding, rambling",
          "word": "meanderoiva"
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          "sense": "winding, rambling",
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          "code": "de",
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