meanderverb
uk/miˈæn.dər/us/miˈæn.dɚ/meander verb (RIVER/ROAD)
[ I ] If a river, stream, or road meanders, it follows a route that is not straight or direct.
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- crook
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meandering
- sinuous
- twiddly
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- wring
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meander verb (WALK)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to walk slowly without any clear direction:
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- crook
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meandering
- sinuous
- twiddly
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- wring
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meander verb (NO PURPOSE)
[ I ] If a text, process, or activity meanders, it has no clear purpose or direction:
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- elliptical
- euphemism
- evasive
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- implicit
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- sanitize
- sidestep
- skirt
- stray
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
- tiptoe around sth/sb
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meandernoun [ C ]
uk/miˈæn.dər/us/miˈæn.dɚ/meander noun [ C ] (RIVER)
a curve of a river or stream
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Geometry: bends, loops & curves
- anfractuous
- arc
- bend
- coil
- curve
- dogleg
- helix
- hyperbola
- kink
- loop
- parabola
- peaked
- spiral
- swoosh
- trajectory
- turn
- twist
- whirl
- whorl
- wraparound
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meander noun [ C ] (JOURNEY)
a journey that has no particular direction:
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Moving gently on foot
- amble
- blow
- gently
- mince
- mincing
- mooch
- mosey
- plod
- potter
- process
- promenade
- putter
- saunter
- slink
- slunk
- stroll
- stroller
- tiptoe
- wander