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Synonyms for meander

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for meander

to move or proceed on a repeatedly curving course

to move about at random, especially over a wide area

an act of walking, especially for pleasure

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Synonyms for meander

a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

an aimless amble on a winding course

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

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Maeander in 1848, together with the Rajah's new private secretary, Spenser St.
We see this in Chalcis and Eretria and, on the Asiatic side, Magnesia on the Maeander, and other areas.").
Just as the watery Maeander plays in the Phrygian fields, flows back and forth in doubtful course and, turning back on itself, beholds its own waves coming on their way, and sends its uncertain waters now towards their source and now towards the open sea: so Daedalus made those innumerable winding passages, and was himself scarce able to find his way back to the place of entry.
Maeander finished three lengths away third, in front of Seattle Bay and the English filly Skimra.
Bean, Turkey beyond the Maeander (London: Benn, 1971), p.