To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land.
To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life. See Synonyms at wander.
n.
meanders Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path.
A circuitous journey or excursion; ramble. Often used in the plural.
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.