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

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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

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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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