Meander Meander Project Mercury Category="Geomorphology"The word meander has a number of senses.

A bend in a river, also known as an oxbow loop. This usage derives from the name of the Maeander River in Turkey.

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To meander: For a river to behave like the river Maeander. This is a term for the snaking movement a river may make as it runs through a flat Plain with easily erosible soils.
To walk at a lazy pace and not usually in a straight line, like a meandering river.
In Art and Architecture, a meander is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. See Meander (architecture).
In Mathematics, a meander is a self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times (see Meander (mathematics)).
In land Surveying, a meander is a series of straight, connected survey lines which attempt to follow the path of some natural object that impedes normal survey procedures or which forms a boundary to a Cadastral land parcel.