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Meander

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

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Verb group 2

Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Broader term 9

Amble 76% connected

To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Curve 76% connected

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Perambulation 76% connected

The act of perambulating; traversing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Promenade 76% connected

A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Saunter 76% connected

To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stroll 76% connected

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Oxbow 76% connected

A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the y…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Snake 76% connected

Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Swan 74% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Swan 74% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Weave 74% connected

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Weave 74% connected

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Stream 70% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Ramble 92% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thread 92% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wander 92% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Weave 92% connected

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wind 92% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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