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meandermeander /miˈændɚ/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYmeanderOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin maeander, from Greek, from Maiandros (now Menderes), a river in Turkey VERB TABLEmeander |
Present | I, you, we, they | meander | | he, she, it | meanders | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | meandered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have meandered | | he, she, it | has meandered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had meandered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will meander | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have meandered |
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Present | I | am meandering | | he, she, it | is meandering | | you, we, they | are meandering | Past | I, he, she, it | was meandering | | you, we, they | were meandering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been meandering | | he, she, it | has been meandering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been meandering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be meandering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been meandering |
1 if a river, stream, road, etc. meanders, it has a lot of curves in it: The trail meanders eastward into Sunol Park.2[always + adv./prep.] to walk in a slow, relaxed way, and not go in any particular direction SYN stroll: We meandered around the shops in Innsbruck.3 (also meander on) if a conversation, book, movie, etc. meanders or meanders on, it is too long and has no purpose or structure: The movie’s plot meanders on and on. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin maeander, from Greek, from Maiandros (now Menderes), a river in Turkey]—meanderings noun [plural]—meander noun [countable] |