winding+course

  • 11meander — meanderer, n. meanderingly, adv. /mee an deuhr/, v.i. 1. to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley. 2. to wander aimlessly; ramble: The talk meandered on. v.t. 3. Survey. to define the margin of… …

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  • 12Fatal Racing — Infobox VG title = Fatal Racing developer = Gremlin Interactive publisher = Gremlin Interactive designer = Les Spink and Ade Carless engine = Custom released = 1995 genre = Racing game modes = Single player and multiplayer ratings = platforms =… …

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  • 13meander — {{11}}meander (n.) 1570s, confusion, intricacies, from L. meander a winding course, from Gk. Maiandros, name of a river in Caria noted for its winding course (the Greeks used the name figuratively for winding patterns). In reference to river… …

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  • 14me|an´der|ing|ly — me|an|der «mee AN duhr», v, noun. –v.i. 1. to follow a winding course: »A brook meanders through the meadow. 2. Figurative. to wander aimlesslly.»We meandered through the park. Paris is built for meandering, and for getting lost (John O Hara).… …

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  • 15me|an|der — «mee AN duhr», v, noun. –v.i. 1. to follow a winding course: »A brook meanders through the meadow. 2. Figurative. to wander aimlesslly.»We meandered through the park. Paris is built for meandering, and for getting lost (John O Hara). SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 16South Nahanni River — Map of the South Nahanni River Origin Selwyn Mountains[1] Mouth …

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  • 17River engineering — The Los Angeles River is extensively channelized with concrete embankments. River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit.… …

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  • 18meander — /miˈændə / (say mee anduh) verb (i) 1. to proceed by a winding course. 2. to wander aimlessly. –noun 3. (usually plural) a turning or winding; a winding path or course. 4. a loop like bend in a river with a cliff or bluff on one side and a gently …

  • 19wander — verb (wandered; wandering) Etymology: Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian; akin to Middle High German wandern to wander, Old English windan to wind, twist Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move about without a… …

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  • 20meander — [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 …

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