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Verb
/mēˈandər/,
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meandering, present participle; meandered, past tense; meanders, 3rd person singular present; meandered, past participle;
  1. (of a river or road) Follow a winding course
    • - a river that meandered gently through a meadow
  2. (of a person) Wander at random
    • - kids meandered in and out
  3. (of a speaker or text) Proceed aimlessly or with little purpose
    • - a stylish offbeat thriller which occasionally meanders
Noun
  1. A winding curve or bend of a river or road
    • - the river flows in sweeping meanders
  2. A circuitous journey, esp. an aimless one
    • - a leisurely meander around the twisting coastline road
  3. An ornamental pattern of winding or interlocking lines, e.g., in a mosaic

  1. a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
  2. weave: 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"
  3. ramble: an aimless amble on a winding course
  4. meandering(a): of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
  5. A meander in general is a bend in a sinuous watercourse. A meander is formed when the moving water in a river erodes the outer banks and widens its valley. ...
  6. The SS Meander was an iron screw passenger steamship built for James Moss & Co. of Liverpool for the Moss Line. She was launched on 6 January 1855 by the Bristol yard of George Kelson Stothert & Co. She had two sisterships built at the same shipyard, the Scamander and Araxes.
  7. Meander is Carbon Leaf's first album. It was released in 1995 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records.
  8. In art and architecture, a meander or meandros is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Such a design is also called the Greek fret or Greek key design, although these are modern designations. ...
  9. In mathematics, a meander or closed meander is a self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times. Intuitively, a meander can be viewed as a road crossing a river through a number of bridges.
  10. Meander or Maiandros (Μαίανδρος) is a river in Greek mythology, patron deity of the Meander river (modern Büyük Menderes River) in Caria, southern Asia Minor (modern Turkey). He is one of the sons of Oceanus and Tethys, and is the father of Cyanee, Samia and Kalamos.
  11. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of an old river; A tortuous or intricate movement; Fretwork; To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous; to wander
  12. (meandering) An instance or period or roaming; winding or rambling
  13. (Meandering) Continuous curving line, can be small to large, used as overall pattern or in specific areas of the quilt.
  14. (Meandering) This is continuous, curvy quilting that is similar to jiggsaw puzzle pieces.
  15. (Meandering) a quilting design that wanders across a quilt's surface with no apparent plan; stitching may have puzzle piece shapes (larger than stippling), or it can be stars, swirls, loops, flowers, or any design of the quilter's choosing
  16. (meandering) single channel having a pattern of successive deviations in alignment which results in a more or less sinusoidal course
  17. (Meanders) A curve in the course of a stream creek that continually swings from side to side in wide loops as it progresses across relatively flat land. The construction of meanders increases stability of the creek, reduces erosion, improves water quality, and increases habitat diversity. ...
  18. "with the meanders of the stream" means the survey line follows the twists and turns of the stream.
  19. Any of a wide variety of continuous border designs that do not fill the band they occupy but alternate from side to side.
  20. Something that meanders follows a winding path.
  21. A loop-like bend or curve in the flow path of a current.
  22. To follow a winding course.
  23. The winding of a stream channel.
  24. Big bend and loops in a river channel as the river snakes through a flat land area.
  25. an exaggerated, looping, bend in a river. Once formed, meanders grow in such a way that they will eventually cut themselves off from the river and cease to exist. ...