A curved, sinuous, or meandering line, path, passage, or the like; esp. plural meanderings, twists and turns.

A winding or sinuous passage or course; a turn, bend, or curve; (sometimes) spec. a sulcus of the brain (cf. anfractuosity, n. 1b). Cf. anfractuosity…

A winding, circuitous course, way, or path; (in plural) labyrinthine ways; twists and turns. Also (and in earliest use) in figurative contexts.

A crook, bend, winding, meandering; a winding or crooked path, course, or channel.

The action of roaming or wandering; hence a devious or winding course, a roving, winding. Now only poetic.

A zigzag line; a zigzag course; a doubling.

A winding or intricate movement, as in a dance. Also in plural: the characteristic twisting movements of a hare.

A circuitous journey or movement (of a person or animal); a deviation from a direct route. Often in plural. Also figurative.

A winding, or moving in a sinuous course; concrete a winding, a sinuosity. Also figurative.

A winding or sinuous course; a turn, a bend, a tight curve; a convolution; an uneven fissure or crevice. Cf. anfractus, n.