meander

«meander» in Mova's school dictionary: To turn this way and that in slow curves instead of going… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (meander, meanders, meandered, meandering); noun (a meander, meanders)

meaning for a pupil

1) (of a river or road) To turn this way and that in slow curves instead of going straight. tree →

2) To walk or wander slowly without a clear aim. tree →

3) (of talk or a story) To go on slowly without a clear point. tree →

4) Noun: a bend or loop in a river. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography a meander is a big loop in a river; over time, a meander can be cut off and make an oxbow lake. In everyday life you meander through a market. In writing lessons a story that meanders loses the reader.

examples

• The river meanders across the flat valley. tree →
• We meandered through the market, looking at the stalls. tree →
• The geography class drew a meander and an oxbow lake. tree →
• The path meanders up the hill. tree →
• His story meandered and never got to the point. tree →
• The stream made a wide meander around the field. tree →

note

Say mee-AN-der. Named after a winding river in Turkey. A meandering river is longer than the straight line between its ends — useful in distance problems.

In the corpora

• Lower down the river slows and swings in big loops called meanders, like a snake.
• In its lower course, a river winds in big loops called meanders.
• An oxbow lake forms when a river cuts through the narrow neck of a meander and leaves the loop behind.
• A meander is a loop or bend in a river in its lower course.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «meander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.