Meander

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land.
  • verb-intransitive. To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life. See Synonyms at wander.
  • n. Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path.
  • n. A circuitous journey or excursion; ramble. Often used in the plural.
  • n. An ornamental pattern of winding or intertwining lines, used in art and architecture.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of an old river.
  • n. A tortuous or intricate movement.
  • n. Fretwork.
  • n. A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
  • v. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous; to wander
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A winding, crooked, or involved course.
  • n. A tortuous or intricate movement.
  • n. Fretwork. See Fret.
  • v. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
  • verb-intransitive. To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A winding course; a winding or turning in a passage; a maze; a labyrinth.
  • n. An ornament composed of lines, neither representing nor suggesting any definite object, forming right or oblique angles with one another, or even curved with interlacings, etc. The name is used especially for the fret- or key-ornament.
  • n. A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a survey of a country.
  • To wind, turn, or flow round.
  • To form into meanders; cause to twist about.
  • To proceed by winding and turning; make frequent changes of course; move or flow intricately: as, a meandering river; to meander from point to point in a walk.
  • To make a rough survey of a country by going over it, measuring the bearings, distances, and changes of elevation of the path pursued, and noting the positions of neighboring topographical features.
  • n. In physical geography, a self-developed river-curve suitable to the volume of the stream.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  • n. an aimless amble on a winding course
  • n. a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
  • Verb Form
    meandered    meandering    meanders   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    saunter    stroll    promenade    perambulation    amble   
    Variant
    fret   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    winding    course    wind    wander   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alexander    Leander    Lysander    Sander    Santander    alexander    bander    blander    brander    candor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nearsightedness    weeke    mysticisms    sleepwalk    discursiveness    acanthus    chambur    barre    waye    mcfee