Definition: meander

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

meander
     n : a curve in a stream
     v : 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" [syn: weave, wind, thread,
          wander]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meander \Me*an"der\, n. [L. Maeander, orig., a river in Phrygia,
   proverbial for its many windings, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]andre.]
   1. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders
      of the veins and arteries. --Sir M. Hale.

            While lingering rivers in meanders glide. --Sir R.
                                                  Blackmore.

   2. A tortuous or intricate movement.

   3. (Arch.) Fretwork. See Fret.

Meander \Me*an"der\, v. t.
   To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.     --Dryton.

Meander \Me*an"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meandered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Meandering.]
   To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

         Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood
         and dale the sacred river ran.           --Coleridge.

MEANDER, n.  To proceed sinuously and aimlessly.  The word is the
ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of
Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing
when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess.