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# meander

verb (meander, meanders, meandered, meandering); noun (a meander, meanders)

«meander» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (of a river or road) To turn this way and that in slow curves instead of going straight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#m1)
2. To walk or wander slowly without a clear aim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#m2)
3. (of talk or a story) To go on slowly without a clear point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#m3)
4. Noun: a bend or loop in a river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography a meander is a big loop in a river; over time, a meander can be cut off and make an oxbow lake. In everyday life you meander through a market. In writing lessons a story that meanders loses the reader.

### Examples

- The river meanders across the flat valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#x1)
- We meandered through the market, looking at the stalls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#x2)
- The geography class drew a meander and an oxbow lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#x3)
- The path meanders up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#x4)
- His story meandered and never got to the point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#x5)
- The stream made a wide meander around the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/#x6)

### Note

Say mee-AN-der. Named after a winding river in Turkey. A meandering river is longer than the straight line between its ends — useful in distance problems.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «meander» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meander/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«meander» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/meander.html) on Mova free.