meanderedadj.

Brit.

/mɪˈandəd/, U.S.

/miˈændərd/

Forms: 1600s meandred, 1700s meander'd, 1800s– meandered.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meander n., -ed suffix²; meander v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < meander n. + -ed suffix². In sense 2 probably independently < meander v. (compare sense 3 at that entry) + -ed suffix¹.

†1. Winding, labyrinthine. Obsolete.

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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding

winding1555

straying1585

crankling1596

meandrian1608

tortive1609

meandered1612

serpentine1615

snailing1615

meandering1617

meandrous1639

meandric1658

wandering1667

wimpling1721

spiral1796

circumvolutory1834

wormy1869

twistering1872

twistified1872

twistical1890

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Those armes of Sea,..By their Meandred creeks indenting of that Land.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxii. 27 Ouze..in Meandred Gyres doth whirle herselfe about.

1645 J. A. Rivers Sad Condition of Distracted Kingdome 21 Ther's more true happinesse, true mirth In those Meandred Cavernes of the Earth..then in the Feasts Of mighty Potentates.

1708 Brit. Apollo 7–9 July Love's meander'd Paths.

2. U.S. Surveying. Of a watercourse or body of water: that has had the irregular course of its banks or margin officially charted (as a boundary, etc.) by survey. Of a line: that follows an irregular course determined by survey (cf. meander line n. at meander n. Compounds 2). Now rare.

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1850 Rep. Proc. & Deb. to revise Constit. Michigan 327/1 There may be a question as to that right [sc. to build a mill-dam], as it is a meandered stream.

1866 Rev. Charter & Ordinances City of Kenosha 134 The proprietor or proprietors..are authorized to construct a dock as follows..extending thence northerly, parallel with the meandered line of the creek.

1871 C. C. Hutchinson Resources of Kansas 205 Under above limitations lands may be taken through which a ‘meandered stream’ passes, or which is bound on one side by a ‘meandered stream’.

1872 Prelim. Rep. Conc. Explor. & Surv. (U.S.) 21 The base line is then the meandered line, measured by the odometer, checked by astronomical positions and angular bearings from prominent mountain peaks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meandered
释义	meanderedadj. Brit. /mɪˈandəd/, U.S. /miˈændərd/ Forms: 1600s meandred, 1700s meander'd, 1800s– meandered. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meander n., -ed suffix²; meander v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < meander n. + -ed suffix². In sense 2 probably independently < meander v. (compare sense 3 at that entry) + -ed suffix¹. †1. Winding, labyrinthine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding winding1555 straying1585 crankling1596 meandrian1608 tortive1609 meandered1612 serpentine1615 snailing1615 meandering1617 meandrous1639 meandric1658 wandering1667 wimpling1721 spiral1796 circumvolutory1834 wormy1869 twistering1872 twistified1872 twistical1890 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Those armes of Sea,..By their Meandred creeks indenting of that Land. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxii. 27 Ouze..in Meandred Gyres doth whirle herselfe about. 1645 J. A. Rivers Sad Condition of Distracted Kingdome 21 Ther's more true happinesse, true mirth In those Meandred Cavernes of the Earth..then in the Feasts Of mighty Potentates. 1708 Brit. Apollo 7–9 July Love's meander'd Paths. 2. U.S. Surveying. Of a watercourse or body of water: that has had the irregular course of its banks or margin officially charted (as a boundary, etc.) by survey. Of a line: that follows an irregular course determined by survey (cf. meander line n. at meander n. Compounds 2). Now rare. ΚΠ 1850 Rep. Proc. & Deb. to revise Constit. Michigan 327/1 There may be a question as to that right [sc. to build a mill-dam], as it is a meandered stream. 1866 Rev. Charter & Ordinances City of Kenosha 134 The proprietor or proprietors..are authorized to construct a dock as follows..extending thence northerly, parallel with the meandered line of the creek. 1871 C. C. Hutchinson Resources of Kansas 205 Under above limitations lands may be taken through which a ‘meandered stream’ passes, or which is bound on one side by a ‘meandered stream’. 1872 Prelim. Rep. Conc. Explor. & Surv. (U.S.) 21 The base line is then the meandered line, measured by the odometer, checked by astronomical positions and angular bearings from prominent mountain peaks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1612
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