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meandering en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Winding or rambling.
    • After petrol rationing ended in 1952, the BTC was aware that more swingeing cuts had to be made, and a sinister message was conveyed by the loss of the meandering 38-mile route from Blisworth to Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1952, and the 25-mile Abergavenny-Merthyr Heads of the Valleys line in January 1958. 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
    • “Billups, how much farther to the compound?” “At our meandering speed, 15 minutes?” 2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (12:44 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Andy Billups (Paul Scheer):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most meandering Degree=Sup lexicographic
more meandering Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

meanderingly · unmeandering

Translations (21)

de abschweifend (winding, rambling) · fi mutkitteleva (winding, rambling) · yo kọ́lọkọ̀lọ (winding, rambling) · haw piʻopiʻo (winding, rambling) · de mäanderartig (winding, rambling) · bg кривуличещ (winding, rambling) · gd lùbach (winding, rambling) · es meandrinoso (winding, rambling) · bg извит (winding, rambling) · el μαιανδρικός (winding, rambling) · hu kanyargós (winding, rambling) · de mäandernd (winding, rambling) · mi pikopiko (winding, rambling) · de mäandrisch (winding, rambling) · fr méandreux (winding, rambling) · fi meanderoiva (winding, rambling) · es meandroso (winding, rambling) · sm piʻopiʻo (winding, rambling) · pl meandrowanie (winding, rambling) · fi polveileva (winding, rambling) · th คดเคี้ยว (winding, rambling)

meandering en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An instance or period of roaming.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
meanderings Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (4)

fi kiemurtelu (instance or period of roaming) · fi meanderointi (instance or period of roaming) · fi polveilu (instance or period of roaming) · fi mutkittelu (instance or period of roaming)

meandering en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of meander
    form of meander