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Ramble

Ramble Meaning & Definition
Ramble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ramble?

[n] a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
[v] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"
[v] continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ramble: amble | cast | drift | jog | perambulation | promenade | ramble on | range | roam | rove | saunter | stray | stroll | swan | tramp | vagabond | wander

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ramble:

See Also | carry on | continue | gad | gallivant | go | go on | jazz around | locomote | maunder | move | proceed | travel | walk | walkabout

Ramble In Webster's Dictionary

\Ram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rambling}.] [For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. {Roam}.] 1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind? --Locke. 2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way. 3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson. Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
\Ram"ble\, n. 1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. Coming home, after a short Christians ramble. --Swift. 2. [Cf. {Rammel}.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. --Raymond.

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