meandered
past simple and past participle ofmeander
meander
verb
uk/miˈæn.dər/us/miˈæn.dɚ/meanderverb(RIVER/ROAD)
[I]
If ariver,stream, orroadmeanders, itfollowsaroutethat is notstraightordirect.
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- discharge
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leak
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- slosh
- spit
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
- washsomethingaway
- waterborne
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Bending, twisting and curving
meanderverb(WALK)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
towalkslowlywithout anycleardirection:
Wespenttheafternoonmeanderingaroundthestreetsof theoldtown.
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- describe
- entwine
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- torsion
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- wring
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Moving gently on foot
meanderverb(NO PURPOSE)
[I]
If atext,process, oractivitymeanders, it has noclearpurposeordirection:
Thefilmmeandersalongwith noparticularstoryline.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- discursive
- euphemism
- hedge
- implicitly
- indirect
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscation
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- veil
- wander
Examplesofmeandered
meandered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Some processesmeanderedthroughout the nucleus, making sharp turns that were nearly opposite the direction as their precursor branch.
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The walksmeanderedthrough supermarkets, stations, busy streets, churches, markets, and other locations.
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During the interviews each participantmeanderedacross many life events.
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That river in the old daysmeanderedin various directions before it got to the sea.
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Negotiations seem to havemeanderedon in a most peculiar way.
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Wemeanderednot only on land but on water.
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Since then, preparation for the scheme hasmeanderedvery slowly, only now to be confronted with a public inquiry.
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Both of themmeanderedaround the place, but neither had any strategic sweep or vision in the make-up of their ideas and their concept of this important issue.
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Early maps show that the creekmeanderedgreatly in its lower reaches.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For a few days itmeanderedgenerally southwestward, failing to intensify significantly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They believed the film gave the impression that the platoonmeanderedabout without an objective.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Remaining nearly stationary, the stormmeanderedin the same general area for over a week.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Under the influence of mountainous terrain, the low initiallymeanderednortheastward.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For several days, the low pressure systemmeanderedas its central barometric pressure gradually fell.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The river originallymeanderedthrough the centre of the valley but it was diverted as part of the early construction works.
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- nopal
- no-par
- no-par
- no par value
- no-par-value
- nope
- noplace
- no place
- no-place
- no-platform
- no-platform
- no-platforming
- no-platforming
- no-prizes-for-guessing
- no prizes for guessing something
- no prizes for guessing sth
- no-prizes-for-guessing-sth
- no problem
- no-problem
- no problemo
- no-problemo
- no-questions-asked
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- nor
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