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meänder

meänder is the rare spelling of meander.

Meaning of meander

Verb

meander (third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered)

  1. (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage
    • The stream meandered through the valley.
    Synonyms:
    wind, worm, wander
  2. (intransitive) To be intricate.
    • His speech meandered through various topics.
  3. (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
    • Her labyrinth-like ţurns, and mad meander'd trace[…]1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned...

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Forms of meänder

third-person singular presentmeänders
present participlemeändering
past participlemeändered
pastmeändered

Questions about meänder

What is meänder the rare spelling of?
Meänder is the rare spelling of meander.

Words near meänder in the dictionary

  1. mezzuzah
  2. mezzuzahs
  3. mezzuzot
  4. mezzuzoth
  5. Mezőkövesd
  6. meänder
  7. meändered
  8. meändering
  9. meänders
  10. Meänkieli
  11. Međimurje

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