meander
[verb]
Synonyms:
- wind, snake, turn, zigzag
- wander, ramble, stroll
[noun]
Synonyms:
- curve, bend, coil, loop, turn, twist, zigzag

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Related Words: snake, turn, twist, wind

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

me‧an‧der /miˈændə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: maeander, from Greek, from Maiandros (now Menderes), river in Turkey]

1. if a river, stream, road etc meanders, it has a lot of bends rather than going in a straight line
meander along/across/down etc
The river meandered gently along the valley floor.

2. [always + adverb/preposition] to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way rather than take the most direct way possible
meander along/through etc
Cows still meander through these villages.

3. (also meander on) if a conversation or piece of writing meanders on, it is too long and has no purpose or structure
—meanderings noun [plural]:
his aimless meanderings through Europe
—meander noun [countable]

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