meandering en · ADJ
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most meandering | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more meandering | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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)