Noun:

घूम-घुमावट, चक्करदार रास्ता, चक्करदार मार्ग, चक्कर,

detour's Usage Examples:

These were three in number: one along the shores of the Corinthian Gulf, which, owing to the nature of the ground, makes a long detour; the other two starting from Megara, and passing, the one by a lofty though gradual route over the ridge of Geraneia, the other along the Saronic Gulf, under the dangerous precipices of the Scironian rocks.

The detour to Sinai-Horeb appears to belong to a later stage of the tradition, and is connected with the introduction of laws and institutions of relatively later form.

The forty years of wandering in the wilderness is characteristic of the Deuteronomic and post-exilic narratives; in the earlier sources the fruitful oasis of Kadesh is the centre, and even after the tradition of a detour to Sinai-Horeb was developed, only a brief period is spent at the holy mountain.

Making a slight detour to the north to Kabango, the party reached Lake Dilolo on the 13th of June 18J5.

After making a long detour north, often crossing the roads previously travelled by Bonvalot and Bower, and passing by Riwoche, he came to Chiamdo and Tachienlu.

As they walked down the hill, Jonathan made a detour to the Oak tree and she called him back.

Instruct everyone that drives in this direction to take a detour because the bridge is not safe in this inclement weather.

Thus the passes which crossed a single ridge, and did not involve too great a detour through a long valley of approach, became the most important and the most popular, e.g.

"He took a detour and is on his return trip, Father," Ne'Rin said.

ahead, was strongly fortified, another short detour was made to the westward by cutting a road through a field of broken lava.

Synonyms:

road, route, roundabout way,

Antonyms:

conform, masochist, sadist, deposit,