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MAUNDER

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Synonyms:

blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "maunder" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "maunder"):

babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter (to talk foolishly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

Synonyms:

maunder; mumble; mussitate; mutter

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "maunder" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Wander aimlessly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "maunder" is one way to...):

cast; drift; ramble; range; roam; roll; rove; stray; swan; tramp; vagabond; wander (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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