MEANING
To talk in an aimless, wandering way.
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Words that belong together
- maunder on
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He maundered on about the journey.
She maundered until the listeners drifted away.
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Word forms
- Base
- maunder
- Past tense
- maundered
- Past participle
- maundered
- Present participle
- maundering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- maunder
- Present continuous
- am/is/are maundering
- Present perfect
- have/has maundered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been maundering
- Past
- maundered
- Past continuous
- was/were maundering
- Past perfect
- had maundered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been maundering
- Future
- will maunder
- Future continuous
- will be maundering
- Future perfect
- will have maundered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been maundering
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: maunder; maunders; maundered; maundered; maundering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: maunders.
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