Hypertext Webster Gateway: "meander"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meander \Me*an"der\, v. t.
To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. --Dryton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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