meander

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  1. intransitive verb To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land.
  2. intransitive verb To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life. See Synonyms at wander.
  3. noun Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path.

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  • She put it away in her mind next to the memory of a burst of laughter—Wrenn's, just after he had kissed her first—and sat down on a three-legged stool by the side of the house A HEAVY fiber screen had been set up inside the doorway, to form a sort of meander, and at the third turn it was very dark. —  SEPTEMBER, 1953 Vol
  • Though this first half of the book tends to meander, it features some exciting storm scenes, neat tech such as the Troupe's "smart" cloth kites that fly themselves into the heart of the whirlwind, and some of Sterling's interesting offhanded speculations about the future. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
  • "My concern is that the river may meander, and we would like to reach the mountains expeditiously." —  Xone of Contention
  • I was then turfed out of my room while it was cleaned (disinfected, by the looks of the equipment that was being used) and went for a meander around the city. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The Giddy Tigress says: Can't wait …. if cannot find, make sure you wear red when we meet next, then can take photo. meander - March 6, 2008 hi there, —  Giddy Tigers
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Latin maeander, circuitous windings, from Greek maiandros, after Maiandros , the Maeander River in Phrygia, noted for its windings.

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  1. Formerly also mæander; = French méandre = Spanish Portuguese Italian meandro, from Latin mæander, from Greek μαίανδρος, a winding stream or canal, any winding pattern, so called from the river Meander, Latin Mæander, Mæandrus, Mæandros, from Greek Μαίανδρος, a river, now called Mendere, which flows with many windings into the Ægean Sea near Miletus.
  2. from meander, n.
 

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