MEANING
To move or develop along a winding or indirect course.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- meander through fields
- meandering conversation
On the page
The conversation meandered from childhood memories to the weather.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- meander
- Past tense
- meandered
- Past participle
- meandered
- Present participle
- meandering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- meander
- Present continuous
- am/is/are meandering
- Present perfect
- have/has meandered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been meandering
- Past
- meandered
- Past continuous
- was/were meandering
- Past perfect
- had meandered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been meandering
- Future
- will meander
- Future continuous
- will be meandering
- Future perfect
- will have meandered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been meandering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: meander; meanders; meandered; meandered; meandering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: meanders.
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