Meander
21meander — [[t]miæ̱ndə(r)[/t]] meanders, meandering, meandered 1) VERB If a river or road meanders, it has a lot of bends, rather than going in a straight line from one place to another. [V prep/adv] ...roads that meandered round the edges of the fields...… …
22meander — an exaggerated, looping, bend in a river. Once formed, meanders grow in such a way that they will eventually cut themselves off from the river and cease to exist. Flow around the outer bend is faster than on the inner meaning erosion occurs… …
23meander — /miyaendar/ To meander means to follow a winding or flexuous course; and when it is said, in a description of land, thence with the meander of the river, it must mean a meandered line, a line which follows the sinuosities of the river, or, in… …
24meander — /miyaendar/ To meander means to follow a winding or flexuous course; and when it is said, in a description of land, thence with the meander of the river, it must mean a meandered line, a line which follows the sinuosities of the river, or, in… …
25meander — [16] The word meander comes from the name of an actual river, the Maeander (now known as the Büyük Menderes), which flows through Turkey into the Aegean sea. It was famous in ancient times for its winding course, and so Greek maíandros came to be …
26meander — verb (I) 1 if a river or stream meanders, it turns a lot as it flows: a flat plain of meandering rivers 2 (always + adv/prep) to walk in a slow, relaxed way, not in any particular direction (+ along/through etc): We meandered aimlessly along the… …
27meander — upės kilpa statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Kilpos pavidalo upės vagos vingis. Būdinga nedidelėms lygumų upėms. atitikmenys: angl. full meander; meander vok. Mäander, m rus. извилина, f; изгиб, m; меандр, m ryšiai: sinonimas… …
28meander — See maunder. See maunder, meander …
29meánder — dra m (á) 1. um. okras v obliki niza iz pravokotno lomljenih črt: okrasiti z meandri; pren., knjiž. meander žil na licih 2. geogr. močna vijuga reke, okljuk: zaradi meandrov je plovba po reki počasna …
30meander — meandras statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. meander vok. Mäander, m rus. меандр, m pranc. méandre, m …
