meander als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
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als werkwoord: - 1
meander
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 meander
A bend or curve, as in a stream or river.
Roget 533:
secret;
dead secret,
profound secret;
arcanum†,
mystery;
latency
etc.
526;
Asian mystery†;
sealed book,
secrets of the prison house;
le desous des cartes [Fr.].
enigma,
riddle,
puzzle,
nut to crack,
conundrum,
charade,
rebus,
logogriph†;
monogram,
anagram;
Sphinx;
crux criticorum [Lat.].
maze,
labyrinth,
Hyrcynian wood;
intricacy,
meander.
problem
etc.
(question)
461;
paradox
etc.
(difficulty)
704;
unintelligibility
etc.
519;
terra incognita
etc.
(ignorance)
491.
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2 meander
An aimless amble on a winding course.
synoniem: ramble.
werkwoord
1 meander
To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course:
— The path meanders through the vineyards.
synoniemen: thread, wander, weave, wind.
Roget 629:
perform a circuit;
go round about,
go out of one's way;
make a detour;
meander
etc.
(deviate)
279.
lead a pretty dance;
beat about the bush;
make two bites of a cherry.
Roget 348:
flow,
run;
meander;
gush,
pour,
spout,
roll,
jet,
well,
issue;
drop,
drip,
dribble,
plash,
spirtle†,
trill,
trickle,
distill,
percolate;
stream,
overflow,
inundate,
deluge,
flow over,
splash,
swash;
guggle†,
murmur,
babble,
bubble,
purl,
gurgle,
sputter,
spurt,
spray,
regurgitate;
ooze,
flow out
etc.
(egress)
295.
rain hard,
rain in torrents,
rain cats and dogs,
rain pitchforks;
pour with rain,
drizzle,
spit,
set in;
mizzle†.
flow into,
fall into,
open into,
drain into;
discharge itself,
disembogue†.
[Cause a flow]
pour;
pour out
etc.
(discharge)
297;
shower down,
irrigate,
drench
etc.
(wet)
337;
spill,
splash.
[Stop a flow]
stanch;
dam,
up
etc.
(close)
261;
obstruct
etc.
706.
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Roget 311:
turn,
bend,
wheel;
go about,
put about;
heel;
go round to the right about,
turn round to the right about;
turn on one's heel;
make a circle,
make a complete circle,
describe a circle,
describe a complete circle;
go through 180 degrees,
go through 360 degrees,
pass through 180 degrees,
pass through 360 degrees.
circumnavigate,
circumambulate,
circumvent;
put a girdle round about the earth"
[M.N.D.];
go the round,
make the round of.
wind,
circulate,
meander;
whisk,
twirl;
twist
etc.
(convolution)
248;
make a detour
etc.
(circuit)
629.
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Roget 248:
be convoluted
etc.
adj.;
wind,
twine,
turn and twist,
twirl;
wave,
undulate,
meander;
inosculate†;
entwine,
intwine†;
twist,
coil,
roll;
wrinkle,
curl,
crisp,
twill;
frizzle;
crimp,
crape,
indent,
scollop†,
scallop,
wring,
intort†;
contort;
wreathe
etc.
(cross)
219.
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Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
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