meander

1. (often, plural)One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.

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

   Windung

   an aimless amble on a winding course

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

   Flusswindung, Mäander, Flussschlinge

   меа́ндрmeándr

   меа́ндрmeándr

3. A tortuous or winding journey.

4. Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.

5. A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.

6. A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.

7. (obsolete, possibly)A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey.

1. The river meanders across the plain.

   deDer Fluss mäandriert durch die Ebene.

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2. The river meandered across the vast dry plain.

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3. Their discussion meandered into the territory of the strange.

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4. Ziri was meandering the park when he saw something terrifying.

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5. I meandered to the library and looked for an assistant.

   deIch schlenderte zur Bücherei und schaute nach einem Gehilfen.

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