meander in English dictionary

  • meander

    Meanings and definitions of "meander"

    • 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
    • noun
      A winding, crooked, or involved course.
    • noun
      A tortuous or intricate movement.
    • noun
      Fretwork.
    • noun
      (mathematics)
      A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
    • One curved portion of a sinuous or winding stream channel, consisting of two consecutive loops, one turning clockwise and the other anticlockwise. (source: UNESCO)
    • winding, crooked or involved course
    • wind, turn or twist
    • noun
      an aimless amble on a winding course
    • noun
      a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
    • verb
      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"

    Synonyms of "meander" in English dictionary

    saunter, ramble, promenade are the top synonyms of "meander" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of meander

    • meander ( plural  meanders)
    • meander ( third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered)
    • meander (third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered)
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