meander v 🔊

1. (transitive)
   1. (archaic) Of a river, stream, or other watercourse: to flow over (land) in a winding manner.
   2. (obsolete, rare) To entangle (someone).
   3. (obsolete, US) To travel in a winding manner along (a river, etc.).
2. (intransitive)
   1. Of a river, stream, or other watercourse, or (by extension) some other thing: to turn or wind in a course or passage.
   2. (figurative) Chiefly followed by along, through, etc.: of a person: to roam or wander, especially without a fixed destination. [...]

View of Maeander valley - Bruyn Cornelis De - 1714.jpg

Herculaneum — Women's Baths (14732688117).jpg

A view of the Maeander (now the Büyük Menderes River in Turkey) published in 1714 by Cornelis de Bruijn.

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