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Meander

Meander Meaning & Definition
Meander Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Meander?

[n] a curve in a stream
[v] to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Meander: thread | wander | weave | wind

Related Terms | Find terms related to Meander: ambages | amble | anfractuosity | bat around | bend | bending | bends | bow | bowing | bum | can of worms | Chinese puzzle | circuitousness | circumambages | circumbendibus | circumlocution | circumvolution | coils | complex | conflexure | contort | convolution | corkscrew | count ties | crinkle | crinkling | curves | deflection | divagate | drift | err | excurse | flection | flex | flexuosity | flexuousness | flexure | flit | gad | gad about | gallivant | geanticline | geosyncline | go about | go adrift | go astray | go the rounds | Gordian knot | hairpin turn | hit the road | hit the trail | hobo | inflection | intorsion | intort | involution | jaunt | jungle | knock about | knock around | knot | labyrinth | loops | maze | meandering | mesh | mess | mooch | mosey | nomadize | oxbow | peregrinate | pererrate | perplex | prowl | ramble | range | ravel | reflection | rivulation | roam | rove | Rube Goldberg contraption | run about | saunter | scallop | screw | S-curve | serpentine | sinuation | sinuosity | sinuousness | slink | slinkiness | snafu | snake | snake pit | snakiness | snarl | straggle | stray | stroll | sweep | swirl | tangle | tangled skein | torsion | tortility | tortuosity | tortuousness | traipse | tramp | turn | turning | twine | twirl | twist | twist and turn | twisting | undulation | vagabond | vagabondize | walk the tracks | wander | wave | waving | wayfare | webwork | wheels within wheels | whirl | whorl | wilderness | wind | winding | worm | wring | zigzag

See Also | curve | curved shape | go | locomote | move | oxbow | snake | stream | travel | watercourse

Meander In Webster's Dictionary

\Me*an"der\, n. [L. Maeander, orig., a river in Phrygia, proverbial for its many windings, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]andre.] 1. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries. --Sir M. Hale. While lingering rivers in meanders glide. --Sir R. Blackmore. 2. A tortuous or intricate movement. 3. (Arch.) Fretwork. See {Fret}.
\Me*an"der\, v. t. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. --Dryton.
\Me*an"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meandering}.] To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran. --Coleridge.

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