Explorers looked for shortcuts in space-time to meander serendipitously through the universe.
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Meander
//miˈæn.dɚ//
Synonyms for "meander" (151 found)
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71 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَعَرَّجَ verb (to wind or turn)
Basque
1 entries- meandro noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кривуличене noun (tortuous or intricate movement)
- меа́ндър noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- кривулича verb (to wind or turn)
Catalan
1 entries- meandre noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 河套 noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Czech
4 entries- meandr noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- klikatit se verb (to wind or turn)
- kroutit se verb (to wind or turn)
- vinout se verb (to wind or turn)
Danish
1 entries- mæander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Dutch
2 entries- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- waterloop noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Esperanto
1 entries- serpentumi verb (to wind or turn)
Estonian
1 entries- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Finnish
4 entries- kiemurtelu noun (tortuous or intricate movement)
- meanderi noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- mutka noun (one of the turns of a course)
- kiemurrella verb (to wind or turn)
French
3 entries- méandre noun (tortuous or intricate movement)
- méandre noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- méandrer verb (to wind or turn)
Galician
1 entries- meandro noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
German
4 entries- Flussbiegung noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- Flussschlinge noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- Flusswindung noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- Mäander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Hungarian
2 entries- kanyarulat noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Irish
1 entries- bí ag lúbarnaíl verb (to wind or turn)
Italian
4 entries- meandro noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- avvilupparsi verb (to wind or turn)
- dispiegarsi verb (to wind or turn)
- spiegarsi verb (to wind or turn)
Japanese
2 entries- うきょく verb (to wind or turn)
- 迂曲 verb (to wind or turn)
Latvian
1 entries- meandrs noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Lithuanian
1 entries- meandra noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Macedonian
1 entries- меа́ндер noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Māori
3 entries- kōpiko verb (to wind or turn)
- kōpikopiko verb (to wind or turn)
- whakakoki verb (to wind or turn)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- meandrere verb (to wind or turn)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Polish
4 entries- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- zakole noun (one of the turns of a course)
- zakole noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- wić verb (to wind or turn)
Portuguese
1 entries- meandro noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Romanian
3 entries- meandre noun (tortuous or intricate movement)
- meandru noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- meandra verb (to wind or turn)
Russian
1 entries- меа́ндр noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- lùb verb (to wind or turn)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- meandar noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- меандар noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Slovak
1 entries- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Slovene
1 entries- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Spanish
1 entries- meandro noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Swedish
2 entries- meander noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
- slingra noun (one of the turns of a course)
Ukrainian
1 entries- меа́ндр noun (geography: one of a series of regular curves in a watercourse)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Through those two days the train seemed to meander in a leisurely fashion through varied and attractive country.
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the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
Source: wiktionary
See, how the streams advancing to the main, / Through crooked channels draw their crystal train! / While lingering thus they in meanders glide, / They scatter verdant life on either side.
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