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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 \Mean"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}. \Mean"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.

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

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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