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me⋅an⋅der

  [mee-an-der]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
2. to wander aimlessly; ramble: The talk meandered on.
–verb (used with object)
3. Surveying. to define the margin of (a body of water) with a meander line.
–noun
4. Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
5. a circuitous movement or journey.
6. an intricate variety of fret or fretwork.
Origin:
1570–80; < L maeander < Gk maíandros a winding, special use of Maíandros, the Menderes River, noted for its winding course

Related forms:
me⋅an⋅der⋅er, noun
me⋅an⋅der⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. wander, wind, twist, snake, coil.
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me·an·der   (mē-ān'dər)   
intr.v.   me·an·dered, me·an·der·ing, me·an·ders
  1. To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land.
  2. To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life. See Synonyms at wander.
n.  
  1. meanders Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path.
  2. A circuitous journey or excursion; ramble. Often used in the plural.
  3. An ornamental pattern of winding or intertwining lines, used in art and architecture.

[From Latin maeander, circuitous windings, from Greek maiandros, after Maiandros, the Maeander River in Phrygia, noted for its windings.]
me·an'der·er n., me·an'der·ing·ly adv., me·an'drous (-drəs) adj.
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