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Meander

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Noun

1. meander

a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

2. meander, ramble

an aimless amble on a winding course

Verb

3. meander, thread, wander, weave, wind

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Example Sentences:
'the river winds through the hills'
'the path meanders through the vineyards'
'sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Meander

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verb (intransitive)
1. 
to follow a winding course
2. 
to wander without definite aim or direction
noun
3. (often plural)
a curve or bend, as in a river
4. (often plural)
a winding course or movement
5. 
an ornamental pattern, esp as used in ancient Greek architecture
noun
a variant spelling of Maeander

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Meander

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alt. sp. of
Maeander
noun
1.  [pl.]
windings or convolutions, as of a stream
2. 
an ornamental pattern of winding or crisscrossing lines
3. 
an aimless wandering; rambling
verb intransitive
4. 
to take a winding or tortuous course
said of a stream
5. 
to wander aimlessly or idly; ramble

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Meander

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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.
3. To speak or write in sustained fashion on a number of loosely connected topics.
4. To be directed in various directions or at multiple objects: His gaze meandered over the church's façade.
n.
1. often meanders A bend, turn, or winding, as of a stream or path.
2. A portion, side trip, or episode in a longer journey.
3. A passage on a subtopic or digression in a longer piece of discourse.
4. An ornamental pattern of winding or intertwining lines, used in art and architecture.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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