Sekirov Dictionary

meander

UK /miˈæn.də(ɹ)/US /miˈæn.dɚ/

noun 7
verb 3
forms 5

noun7

One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
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One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- See, how the streams advancing to the main, / Through crooked channels draw their crystal train! / While lingering thus they in meanders glide, / They scatter verdant life on either side. — 1712
A tortuous or winding journey.
A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.
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Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
- The scales are conceived of as meander fretwork; but I do not know whether, for this reason, this fish is associated with thunder. — 1912
A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
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(no longer used) A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey.
- And as to the lands that were within the national meander boundaries, that description was based upon a state survey? — 1911

verb3

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To wind or turn in a course or passage
- The stream meandered through the valley.
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To be intricate.
- His speech meandered through various topics.
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To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
- Her labyrinth-like ţurns, and mad meander'd trace[…] — 1612

forms

meandered · meandering · meandereth · meanders · meanderest

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