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Meander

/miˈændə(ɹ)/

A decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif, that is commonly found in Greek art.

📖 Definitions of "Meander"

noun
  1. 1

    A decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif, that is commonly found in Greek art.

  2. 2

    A structural motif in proteins consisting of four adjacent antiparallel strands and their linking loops.

noun
  1. 1

    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"

  2. 2

    A tortuous or intricate movement.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    Fretwork.

verb
  1. 1

    To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

    "The stream meandered through the valley."

  2. 2

    To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.

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