meander vs maunder

meander

Definitions

noun

  1. a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
  2. an aimless amble on a winding course

verb

  1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Examples

As the round draws to a close, so the course meanders its way down from the hillside and back to sea level.

The first is the back-and-forth meandering pattern known as boustrophedon.

The pair were quiet at first as they meandered through the people and streets.

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maunder

Definitions

verb

  1. talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
  2. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  3. wander aimlessly

Examples

innumerous," and the rest of his bad English -- in spite of bombast, horrors, maundering, sheer stuff and nonsense of all kinds, there is

The four who lived there -- "Bat and Zilpic, Maunder and Insie, of the Gill" -- had nothing to do with, and little to say to, any of the scatterling folk about them, across the blue distance of the moor.

Staggering and maundering to himself, with bloodshot eyes, and a raw and bleeding slash down one side of his bewhiskered face, he was altogether the most nauseating specimen of degradation and filth I had ever encountered.

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