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Definition
to move slowly in a winding or indefinite direction — (often said of a river, or path, or conversation)- The path meanders through the vineyards.
meanders = follows a winding course (rather than following a definite direction)
- Her journey back was rather a meander than a march.Hardy, Thomas -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman
- meandering around the countrysideRobert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese
- It was one of a meandering row of mossy, green-roofed cottages lined up along a stream bankBarbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- ...as he meandered along the shore.Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
- Grandma warns me to take the dinner can directly and not be meandering, looking this way and that, kicking canisters and ruining the toes of my shoes.Frank McCourt -- Angela's Ashes
- The roads in the cemetery meandered, turning this way and that, so I was constantly shifting back and forth...Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
- I watched the currents meander, the lazy ripples that once in a while broke along the surface.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- Ol' Sam would meander off a little to the left and I would holler, "Gee!"; but he was hard of hearing and...Forest Carter -- Education of Little Tree
- I meandered off the sidewalk a little, heading toward the old trees that lined the eastern side of the thick wall surrounding the school grounds.P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Betrayed
- It leads through the front doors and turns into a hallway, which meanders between rows of lockers and classrooms on both sides, finally entering the always-open door to first period.Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why
- Cold from its source the stream meanders Darkly down through the oleanders, All night long in dream I lie, Ah meCranmer-Byng, L. -- A Lute of Jade
- I'm tied hand and foot, and I can't get up and meander over green pastures.London, Jack -- Burning Daylight
- Not to meander myself, at present, I will go back to my birth.Dickens, Charles -- David Copperfield
- The tinkling of a piano meanders up through the window and to my ears.Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
- With this in mind, she took a slow, meandering route back toward midtown and the rented darkroom.Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
- They were sailing very slowly up a river without banks that meandered between arid sandbars stretching to the horizon.Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera
- They descended from the knoll and meandered toward Farthen Dur.Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
- They watched Hagrid meander tipsily up to the castle.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- In fact, this was the first time I'd ever seen them look so poorly focused, eyes meandering around the room, several of them on edge.Kiera Cass -- The One
meandering = moving slowly without a definite direction
meandering = winding or twisting (not set out in a straight manner)
meandered = wandered
meandering = moving slowly without a definite direction
meandered = had winding curves (rather than being straight)
meander = flow slowly on a winding course
meander = slowly wander (off of a direct course)
meandered = moving slowly in an indefinite direction
meanders = a winding or indefinite direction