RAMBLING
rambling, meandering(a), wandering, winding
(adjective) of a path e.g.; “meandering streams”; “rambling forest paths”; “the river followed its wandering course”; “a winding country road”
digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling
(adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; “amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women’s fashions among other things”; “a rambling discursive book”; “his excursive remarks”; “a rambling speech about this and that”
sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly
(adjective) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly; “sprawling handwriting”; “straggling branches”; “straggly hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
rambling
present participle of ramble
Adjective
rambling
Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
Confused and irregular; awkward.
Synonyms
• (digressing): desultory
Noun
rambling (plural ramblings)
A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
A gentle hike.
Anagrams
• marbling
Source: Wiktionary
Ram"bling, a.
Definition: Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
RAMBLE
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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