AMBLE

amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation

(noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

amble, mosey

(verb) walk leisurely

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

amble (plural ambles)

An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

Verb

amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)

(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

(intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.

Synonyms

• (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter

Anagrams

• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba

Proper noun

Amble

A town, the harbour and civil parish of with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2604).

A minor river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the River Camel estuary (OS grid ref SW9974).

An unincorporated community in Winfield Township, Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.

Anagrams

• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba

Source: Wiktionary


Am"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ambling.] Etym: [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. base. Cf. Ambulate.]

1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.

2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.

Am"ble, n.

1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. "A fine easy amble." B. Jonson.

2. A movement like the amble of a horse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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