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scurry
English
Etymology
Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sk??r(?)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): (with the "Hurry-furry" merger) /?sk??i/
- Rhymes: -?ri
- Hyphenation: scur?ry
Verb
scurry (third-person singular simple present scurries, present participle scurrying, simple past and past participle scurried)
- To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
- 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
- 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
Synonyms
- (run with quick light steps): scamper
- (do things quickly): hurry, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush
Derived terms
- ascurry
- scurry away
- scurry off
Translations
Noun
scurry (plural scurries)
- A dash.
- 1845, Sporting Magazine (volume 5, page 25)
- Found a fox in Deerstone, and after a great deal of music, and a scurry or two round the wood, went away over Whigford Down, but he was too far before them to make any more quick music […]
- 1845, Sporting Magazine (volume 5, page 25)
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meander
English
Alternative forms
- mæander (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course. (Turkish Büyük Menderes Nehri)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mi?ænd?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /mi?ænd?/
Noun
meander (plural meanders)
- One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- 1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, "Creation: A Philosophical Poem":
- See, how the streams advancing to the main, / Through crooked channels draw their crystal train! / While lingering thus they in meanders glide, / They scatter verdant life on either side.
- 1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, "Creation: A Philosophical Poem":
- A tortuous or intricate movement.
- (geography) one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- Fretwork.
- Perplexity.
- Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border.
- (mathematics) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
meander (third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered)
- (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
- (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryton to this entry?)
Translations
Further reading
- meander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Büyük Menderes River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- The Chambers Dictionary (1998)
Anagrams
- Merenda, amender, enarmed, reamend, reedman, renamed
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Maíandros)
Noun
meander m (definite singular meanderen, indefinite plural meandere or meandre or meandrer, definite plural meanderne or meandrene)
- a meander (in a river)
Derived terms
- meandersjø
- meandrere
References
- “meander” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “meander” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Maíandros)
Noun
meander m (definite singular meanderen, indefinite plural meandrar, definite plural meandrane)
- a meander (in a river)
Derived terms
- meandersjø
References
- “meander” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From German Mäander, from Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??an.d?r/
Noun
meander m inan
- meander (one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse)
- Synonym: zakole
- meander, meandros (decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjectives) meandrowy, meandryczny, meandrowaty
- (nouns) meandryczno??
- (verb) meandrowa?
Further reading
- meander in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- meander in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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