Meaning

3 senses
  1. To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.

  2. To wander or walk aimlessly.

    wander aimlessly

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To beg; to whine like a beggar.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From earlier maund (“to beg”).

From earlier maund (“to beg”).

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Forms

maunders, maundering, maundered, maundered
Base formmaunder · to maunder
3rd person singularmaunders
Present participlemaundering
Past simplemaundered
Past participlemaundered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymaunder
he, she, itmaunders

Past simpleLesson

all personsmaundered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave maundered
he, she, ithas maundered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill maunder

Synonyms

19 synonyms
speak in a disorganized manner:babbleC2prattleramble
walk aimlessly:wanderA2
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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