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meandering adjective [ mɪˈandərɪŋ ]

• following a winding course.
• "meandering rivers flow at vastly different rates"
Similar: winding, windy, zigzag, zigzagging, twisting, turning, curving, serpentine, sinuous, snaking, snaky, twisty, tortuous, anfractuous, flexuous, meandrous,
Opposite: straight,

meandering noun

• an act of following a winding course.
• "ox-bow lagoons left by the river's meanderings"

meander verb

• (of a river or road) follow a winding course.
• "a river that meandered gently through a meadow"
Similar: zigzag, wind, twist, turn, curve, curl, bend, snake,
Origin: late 16th century (as a noun): from Latin maeander, from Greek Maiandros, the name of a river (see Menderes).


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