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maund.

A wicker basket.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔːnd/UK/mɔnd/General-American/mɑnd/cot-caught-merger
  1. A wicker basket.

  2. A unit of capacity with various specific local values.

  3. A handbasket with two lids.

    regional
Where this word comes from

From Middle English maunde, maundie, borrowed from Old French mande, borrowed from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.

noun/mɔːnd/UK/mɔnd/General-American/mɑnd/cot-caught-merger
  1. A unit of weight in south and west Asia, whose value varies widely by location.

Where this word comes from

From Hindi मन (man) / Urdu من (man), and their source, Persian من, from Middle Persian, from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû). The -d is probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound.

noun/mɔːnd/UK/mɔnd/General-American/mɑnd/cot-caught-merger
  1. Begging.

    archaic · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).

verb/mɔːnd/UK/mɔnd/General-American/mɑnd/cot-caught-merger
  1. To beg.

    archaic
  2. To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).

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