Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - meander

(meanders, meandering, meandered) 1. If a river or road meanders, it has a lot of bends, rather than going in a straight line from one place to another. ...roads that meandered round the edges of the fields... We crossed a small iron bridge over a meandering stream. VERB: V prep/adv, V-ing, also V 2. A meander is a large bend in a river. N-COUNT 3. If you meander somewhere, you move slowly and not in a straight line. We meandered through a landscape of mountains, rivers, and vineyards... VERB: V prep/adv 4. If a speech, account, or piece of writing meanders, it seems to move from one topic to another without any order or purpose. His talk appears to meander but by the end focuses attention on the true state of affairs. ...a rich and meandering novel. VERB: V, V-ing