amble vs meander

amble

verb
  • Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other. 

  • To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. 

noun
  • An easy gait, especially that of a horse. 

  • An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll. 

meander

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

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

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

  • Perplexity. 

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

  • Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork. 

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

  • A tortuous or winding journey. 

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