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
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.
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.
• (talk or write unclearly, or incoherently): drivel, sperg
• Ambler, Balmer, Blamer, Marble, ambler, blamer, lamber, marble
Source: Wiktionary
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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
