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kiemurtelu — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • meander noun One of the bends in a winding or complicated route.
  • meandering noun A period spent wandering about without a fixed direction.
  • winding adj Curving and twisting repeatedly, rather than running straight.
  • wriggle verb To twist and turn the body with quick, small movements; to squirm.
  • zigzagging adj Curving repeatedly, twisting, turning or serpentine in shape.

Senses

kiemurtelu is used for these senses in English:

  • meander (geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
  • meander A tortuous or winding journey.
  • meandering An instance or period of roaming.
  • winding The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
  • winding (especially, in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
  • wriggle A wriggling movement.
  • zigzagging The movement or layout of something that zigzags.

meander — full definition

  1. noun One of the bends in a winding or complicated route.
  2. noun One of the regular curves or loops in the course of a river or stream.
  3. noun A long journey with many twists and turns.
  4. noun Another word for a Greek key, an ornamental border pattern; fretwork.
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