name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
maunder
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Sound
Pronunciation
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môn′dər
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män′dər
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːndə/
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US: /ˈmɔndɚ/
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cot-caught-merger: /mɑndɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A beggar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 3
To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To wander or walk aimlessly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To beg; to whine like a beggar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 6
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Narrower terms: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither
verb
Meaning 7
talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mumble, mutter, mussitate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
verb
Meaning 8
wander aimlessly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
History
Etymology
From earlier maund (“to beg”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: говоря несвързано (govorja nesvǎrzano) — speak in a disorganized manner
- Māori: hautete — speak in a disorganized manner
- Māori: kōtetetete — speak in a disorganized manner
- Polish: bajtlować — speak in a disorganized manner
- Polish: zbajtlować — speak in a disorganized manner
- Spanish: divagar — speak in a disorganized manner
- Bulgarian: движа се безцелно (dviža se bezcelno) — walk aimlessly
- Spanish: holgazanear — walk aimlessly