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 Definitions for ramble: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled
(r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).]
[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.
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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.
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2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
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Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: Ramble \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.
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Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble.
--Swift.
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2. [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the
seam. --Raymond.
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3. A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking.
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4. a type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
: ramble
n : a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble,
promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation]
v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, jog]
2: 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"; "They rolled from town to town"
[syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,
cast, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
: 164 Moby Thesaurus words for "ramble":
Wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, airing, amble, babble,
bat around, be insane, blab, blabber, blather, blether, bum,
bumming, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, constitutional, count ties,
depart, deviate, digress, discursion, dither, divagate, divagation,
diverge, dote, drift, drifting, drivel, drool, err, errantry,
excurse, flit, flitting, forced march, gab, gabble, gad, gad about,
gadding, gallivant, gas, get sidetracked, gibber, gibble-gabble,
go about, go adrift, go astray, go away, go off, go on,
go the rounds, gossip, gush, have a demon, haver, hike,
hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, hoboism, itineracy, itinerancy,
jabber, jaunt, jaw, knock about, knock around, march, maunder,
meander, mooch, mosey, mush, natter, nomadism, nomadize, palaver,
parade, patter, perambulate, peregrinate, peregrination, pererrate,
pererration, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, pour forth,
prate, prattle, promenade, prowl, rage, ramble on, rambling, range,
rant, rattle, rattle on, rave, reel off, roam, roaming, rove,
roving, run about, run amok, run mad, run on, saunter, schlep,
scramble, slaver, slobber, snake, spout, spout off, sprangle,
spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, straying, stretch, stroll,
talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, tittle-tattle, tour, traipse,
traipsing, tramp, travel, trek, trudge, turn, turn aside, twaddle,
twattle, twist, twist and turn, vagabond, vagabondage, vagabondia,
vagabondism, vagabondize, vagrancy, waffle, walk, walk the tracks,
walkabout, walking tour, wander, wandering, wanderlust, wayfare,
wayfaring, wind, yak, yakkety-yak
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