noun

1. A decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif, that is commonly found in Greek art.

2. A structural motif in proteins consisting of four adjacent antiparallel strands and their linking loops.

Synonyms: Greek fret, meander

noun

1. One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.

   “the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body”

2. A tortuous or intricate movement.

3. One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse

verb

1. To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

   “The stream meandered through the valley.”

2. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.