meander

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

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

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”

A tortuous or intricate movement.

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

Fretwork.

Perplexity.

A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.

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

“The stream meandered through the valley.”

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