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meander

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Noun

  1. One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved 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
  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 path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey.
  7. A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.

Verb

  1. To wind or turn in a course or passage
  2. To be intricate.
  3. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.

Proper noun

  1. A town in Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  2. A river in northern Tasmania, which joins the South Esk.

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