Associations to the word «Meander»

Wiktionary

MEANDER, noun. A winding, crooked, or involved course.
MEANDER, noun. A tortuous or intricate movement.
MEANDER, noun. Fretwork.
MEANDER, noun. (math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
MEANDER, verb. (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
MEANDER, verb. (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.

Dictionary definition

MEANDER, noun. A bend or curve, as in a stream or river.
MEANDER, noun. An aimless amble on a winding course.
MEANDER, verb. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats