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Meaning of meander

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

meander

Pronunciation:/miˈændə(ɹ)//miˈændɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif, that is commonly found in Greek art.

    Synonyms:Greek fretmeander
  2. A structural motif in proteins consisting of four adjacent antiparallel strands and their linking loops.

noun

Definitions

  1. One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.

    Example: the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body

  2. A tortuous or intricate movement.

  3. One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse

  4. Fretwork.

verb

Definitions

  1. To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

    Example: The stream meandered through the valley.

  2. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.