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Definitions of meander in various dictionaries:
noun - a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
noun - an aimless amble on a winding course
verb - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
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God who gave his name to a river in Asia Minor proverbially known for its wanderings |
The winding course of Turkey's Buyuk Menderes River gives us this English word |
To proceed by a winding or indirect course |
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a winding curve or bend of a river or road. |
(of a river or road) follow a winding course. |
a curve in a stream |
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land. |
To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life. See Synonyms at wander. |
Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path. |
A circuitous journey or excursion ramble. Often used in the plural. |
An ornamental pattern of winding or intertwining lines, used in art and architecture. |
If a river, stream, or road meanders, it follows a route that is not straight or direct. |
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A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse. It is produced by a stream or river swinging from side to side as it flows across its floodplain or shifts its channel within a valley. A meander is produced by a stream or river as it erodes the sediments comprising an outer, concave bank (cut bank) and deposits this and other sediment downstream on an inner, convex bank which is typically a point bar. The result of sediments being eroded from the outside concave bank and their deposition on an inside convex bank is the formation of a sinuous course as a channel migrates back and forth across the down-valley axis of a floodplain. The zone within which a meandering stream shifts its channel across either its floodplain or valley floor from time to time is known as a meander belt. It typically ranges from 15 to 18 times the width of the channel. Over time, meanders migrate downstream, someti |