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The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the writer travels alone.
Lisa Unger

Meaning of "meandering" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEANDERING

meandering  [mɪˈændərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEANDERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Meandering is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MEANDERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of meandering in the English dictionary

The definition of meandering in the dictionary is following a winding course or movement. Other definition of meandering is wandering without definite aim or direction.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEANDERING


bewildering
bɪˈwɪldərɪŋ
blundering
ˈblʌndərɪŋ
bouldering
ˈbəʊldərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
gerrymandering
ˌdʒɛrɪˈmændərɪŋ
hindering
ˈhɪndərɪŋ
laundering
ˈlɔːndərɪŋ
maundering
ˈmɔːndərɪŋ
ordering
ˈɔːdərɪŋ
philandering
fɪˈlændərɪŋ
powdering
ˈpaʊdərɪŋ
rendering
ˈrɛndərɪŋ
shuddering
ˈʃʌdərɪŋ
smoldering
ˈsməʊldərɪŋ
smouldering
ˈsməʊldərɪŋ
tendering
ˈtɛndərɪŋ
thundering
ˈθʌndərɪŋ
unwandering
ʌnˈwɒndərɪŋ
wandering
ˈwɒndərɪŋ
wondering
ˈwʌndərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEANDERING

mean sea level
mean solar day
mean solar time
mean sun
mean time
mean-spirited
mean-spiritedness
mean-tone tuning
meander
meanderer
meanderingly
meandrian
meandrous
meane
meanie
meanies
meaning
meaningful
meaningfully
meaningfulness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEANDERING

bring
catering
civil engineering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
engineering
fingering
flattering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lettering
lowering
mechanical engineering
offering
pioneering
recovering
steering
suffering
watering

Synonyms and antonyms of meandering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MEANDERING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «meandering» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of meandering

Translation of «meandering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEANDERING

Find out the translation of meandering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meandering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meandering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蜿蜒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

meandros
570 millions of speakers

English

meandering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चकरा देने वाली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعرجات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

меандрирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meandros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আঁকাবাঁকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méandres
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melayari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mäandernden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

蛇行
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meandering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

uốn khúc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வளைந்து நெளிந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरंतर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıvrımlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

meandro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

meandrujące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меандрирование
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șerpuit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελιγμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kronkelende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

meandrande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meandrerende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meandering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEANDERING»

The term «meandering» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.919 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEANDERING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meandering

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8 QUOTES WITH «MEANDERING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word meandering.
1
Agyness Deyn
I never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.
2
Sam Harris
To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
3
Carl Honore
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their bedtime stories read at a gentle, meandering pace. But I used to be too fast to slow down with the Brothers Grimm. I would zoom through the classic fairy tales, skipping lines, paragraphs, whole pages.
4
Sarah Jones
I'm practicing a kind of meandering faith, or faithful meandering. I just trust that something is coming. I don't know what it is. But I've been a straphanger all my life; I know what it's like to not know when the next train is coming, but I trust the subway.
5
China Mieville
'Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa.
6
Alex Shoumatoff
Most of the Amazon basin is as flat as a pancake and laced with extravagantly meandering waterways. One school of thought holds that more than 145 million years ago, when Africa and South America were joined, the Amazon's main stem was connected to the Niger River and actually flowed in the opposite direction, toward the Pacific Ocean.
7
Donald Sutherland
I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen.
8
Lisa Unger
The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the writer travels alone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEANDERING»

Discover the use of meandering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meandering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mindful Meandering: 132 Original Continuous-Line Quilting ...
Beyond Stippling!
Laura Lee Fritz, 2010
2
Chessie, the Meandering Manatee
While visiting Uncle Phil in Florida, Carrie and Ben find out all about the gentle aquatic giant known as the manatee.
Carol A. Amato, 1997
3
Meandering: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
I don't want to know where the electricity comes from.ndash;AnonymousMy Turn is the distilled bathwater of Mrs. Reagan's life.
‎2008
4
Ukraine on Its Meandering Path Between East and West
This volume attempts to show the elements of change and conflict that have arisen since the Orange Revolution and to explain some of Ukraine's challenges today on its meandering path between East and West.
Andrej N. Lushnycky, Mykola Riabchuk, 2009
5
Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight
This is a striking debut volume by the winner of the Unaipon prize for unpublished Aboriginal writers.
Samuel Wagan Watson, 2012
6
Sandstone-body Connectivity in a Meandering-fluvial System: ...
This study explores the static connectivity of fluvial deposits of the lower Williams Fork Formation (Late Cretaceous) of the Mesaverde Group in western Colorado (U.S.A.).
Nicholas Kurt Sommer, 2007
7
Meandering in Medical Physics: A personal account of ...
Enhanced by archived photographs from the British Institute of Radiology, the book will entertain, enlighten, and educate.
J.E Roberts, 1999
8
Mathematical Methods for Fluid-solid Interfaces: Meandering ...
This thesis presents several mathematical methods for modeling free surfaces, interfaces, and fluid-solid interactions. This work is done in the context of two physical systems.
Keith Mertens, 2008
9
Meandering Toward Maturity . . . in Poetry
This collection of poetry with colored illustrations is all about Everyone, their hometown; their family; their life experiences.
E. P. Stephani, 2008
10
The Meandering Way: Leading by Following the Spirit
This book is an invitation to journey into the depths of your own soul and to follow the Spirit's lead in the next chapters of your life.
Gary A. Shockley, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEANDERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meandering is used in the context of the following news items.
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EUR/GBP meandering around 0.6950
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - EUR/GBP is trading in a tight range on Tuesday, returning to the mid-0.6900s after reaching overnight tops above ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
2
In Photos: 'Most Beautiful Lakes' Discovered Beneath Aegean Sea
Scientists have discovered a series of meandering, interconnected pools chockfull of carbon dioxide deep in the Aegean Sea. These pools ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
3
John Kasich is now the 16th major Republican running for president
However, the off-the-cuff nature of his speech took on a meandering tone as he chatted casually about his political record. At one point in the ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
4
Feds end prosecution of Barry Bonds without conviction
A jury found the former San Francisco Giants star guilty in 2011 for giving a meandering answer to a federal grand jury in 2003 when asked ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
5
Jeremy Clarkson's Last Top Gear Lap Was a Tire-Shredding Farewell
As is typically the case, Clarkson's column runs a wide, meandering arc. He starts with reminiscences of how he was able to convince the BBC ... «RoadandTrack.com, Jul 15»
6
How ballet has been transformed by choreographers from …
It was a leisurely mythological spectacle, with lovely music and a meandering plot; without Fonteyn's star presence to hold it together, it drifted ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
7
Gold price: six reasons it slumped – and could stay low
"Precious metals continue their aimless meandering as the dollar remains the focus," Marex Spectron's David Govett told BullionDesk.com. «The Week UK, Jul 15»
8
Defiance season 3 episode 7 review: The Beauty Of Our Weapons
The plot, a meandering collection of character interactions, has three threads none of which involve Rahm Tak going crazy and extending his ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
9
Chapman's heist puts HK in World T20
A meandering Hong Kong chase of Afghanistan's 161 for 7 sprang to life with the arrival of Chapman, who demonstrated the urgency that was ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
10
The University of Michigan has created this creepy fake city so it can …
... those with traffic lights, those without) and road types (everything from meandering gravel paths right up to a free way). In some parts of Mcity, ... «CityMetric, Jul 15»

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