meander

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. (often, plural) One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
2. One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
3. A tortuous or winding journey.
4. Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
5. A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
6. (obsolete, possibly) A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey.
7. A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage
2. (intransitive) To be intricate.
3. (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.

Синонимы

wind

twist

wander

bend

zigzag

turn

drift

wriggle

meandering

curve

coil

snake

🐍

roam

ramble

rove

crook

weave

thread

🧵

manoeuvre

stroll

tortuousness

tramp

twine

undulate

waft

whisper

winding

wreathe

mooch about

tortuousity

twist and turn

wind around

bend of a river

river bend

snake through

key pattern

winding path

tortuous path

labyrinth fret

stravaige

stravaig

greek key

babble

meandros

beat about the bush

blunder

bob

change

circle

⭕

curl

Переводы

méandre

serpenter

🐍

meandro

meandro

Mäander

kronkelen

serpentear

slingeren

méandrer

serpeggiare

errer

μαίανδρος

mäandern

zigzag

schlängeln

🐍

Произносится как (IPA)

/miˈæn.də(ɹ)/

Этимология (Английский)

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes).