MEANDER

ramble, meander

(noun) an aimless amble on a winding course

meander

(noun) a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

weave, wind, thread, meander, wander

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

meander (plural meanders)

One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.

A tortuous or intricate movement.

(geography) one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse

Fretwork.

Perplexity.

synonym of Greek key.

(math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.

Verb

meander (third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered)

(intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

(transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.

Anagrams

• Merenda, amender, enarmed, reamend, reedman, renamed

Source: Wiktionary

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Me*an"der, n. Etym: [L. Maeander, orig., a river in Phrygia, proverbial for its many windings, Gr. méandre.]

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.)

Definition: Fretwork. See Fret.

Me*an"der, v. t.

Definition: To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. Dryton.

Me*an"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Meandering.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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