meander

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Synonyms: mander, maeander, melander, mender, menander, meaner, mæander, leander, meader, neander

Antonyms: mander, maeander, melander, mender, menander, meaner, mæander, leander, meader, neander

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|often plural}} One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
2. {{lb|en|geography}} One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
3. A [[tortuous]] or winding journey.
4. {{synonym of|en|Greek key}}, a [[decorative]] [[border]]; [[fretwork]].
5. {{lb|en|math}} A self-avoiding [[closed curve]] which [[intersect]]s a [[line]] a number of times.
6. {{lb|en|possibly|obsolete}} A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land [[survey]].
7. {{lb|en|architecture}} A [[decorative]] [[border]] consisting of a repeated [[linear]] [[motif]], particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To wind or turn in a course or passage
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be [[intricate]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[wind]], [[turn]], or [[twist]]; to make [[flexuous]].

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|town|carea/Meander Valley|northern|s/Tasmania|c/Australia}}.
2. {{place|en|river|in northern|s/Tasmania|which joins the|riv/South Esk}}.

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