RAMBLE

ramble, meander

(noun) an aimless amble on a winding course

roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

ramble (plural rambles)

A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.

A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.

(mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.

A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.

Verb

ramble (third-person singular simple present rambles, present participle rambling, simple past and past participle rambled)

To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course

To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.

To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.

Synonyms

• (talk or write unclearly, or incoherently): drivel, sperg

Anagrams

• Ambler, Balmer, Blamer, Marble, ambler, blamer, lamber, marble

Source: Wiktionary

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Ram"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling.] Etym: [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. Etym: [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining)

Definition: A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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