Meander vs Inebriated - What's the difference?
meander | inebriated |
A winding, crooked, or involved course.
* Sir R. Blackmore
A tortuous or intricate movement.
Fretwork.
(math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
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As verbs the difference between meander and inebriated
is that meander is to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate while inebriated is (inebriate).As a noun meander
is a winding, crooked, or involved course.As an adjective inebriated is
behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.meander
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia meander) (en noun)- the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
- While lingering rivers in meanders glide.
Derived terms
* meander belt * meanderer * meandering * meanderian * meanderic * meanderiform * meanderine * meander line * meander loop * meandrous * meandryVerb
(en verb)- The stream meandered through the valley.
- (Dryton)
References
* The Chambers Dictionary (1998)Anagrams
* *inebriated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated .}}
