meander
/miˈæn.dɚ/ noun C1- 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
- One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- A tortuous or winding journey.
- Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
- A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
- A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.
Plural meanders
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The Thames undoubtedly still meanders with the same sluggish indifference, bearing silent witness to the transient aspirations of countless generations.
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