Pronunciation: /miˈandərɪŋ/
adjective
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following a winding course: meandering rivers flow at vastly different rates
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proceeding in a convoluted or undirected fashion: a brilliant sample of meandering discourse a florid and rather meandering melody
noun
(usually
meanderings)
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an act of following a winding course: ox-bow lagoons left by the river’s meanderings
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an act of wandering in a leisurely or aimless manner: in the course of his meanderings through the city
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[mass noun] convoluted or undirected thought or language: he has a penchant for obscure verbal meanderings