meander
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
meander (plural meanders)
- One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
- 1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, "Creation: A Philosophical Poem":
- 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.
- A tortuous or intricate movement.
- (geography) one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- Fretwork.
- Perplexity.
- Synonym of Greek key#English|Greek key.
- (math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
- French: méandre
- German: Windung
- Italian: meandro
- Portuguese: meandro
- Russian: меа́ндр
- Spanish: meandro (river)
- French: méandre
meander (meanders, present participle meandering; past and past participle meandered)
- (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
- The stream meandered through the valley.
- (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
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