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To wander or roam at random
“Still having twenty minutes before their bus was scheduled to leave, they decided to meander around the terminal.”
To travel or go on a journey
“Were we in another time, I would probably pack a few meager belongings and meander around the globe, much as the nomads of old.”
To wind or turn in a course or passage
“In places, the road will meander and curve, drawing attention to the surrounding landscape.”
To talk or express oneself in a rambling manner
“You meander on and on about this or that. I cock my head to the side as if I'm thinking about what you have to say.”
To turn, move or face in another direction
To move, especially carefully or skillfully, around obstacles
A winding curve or bend of a river or road
“Shreve, in a move of astonishing hubris, decided in 1831 to dredge a five-mile shortcut across a long meander on the Mississippi, saving 18 river-miles.”
An indirect or aimless journey
“She'd just go for a meander around the campsite and be back before anyone missed her.”
A knee or meander in a river
A complicated irregular network of passages or paths
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