Ramble Definition
rămbəl
rambled, rambles, rambling
verb
rambled, rambles, rambling
To roam through.
Webster's New World
To move about aimlessly.
Rambled around the park for an hour; rambled around the southwest.
American Heritage
To roam about; esp., to walk or stroll about idly, without any special goal.
Webster's New World
To talk or write aimlessly, without connection of ideas.
Webster's New World
To grow or spread in all directions, as a vine.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
- be direct
- stay
noun
rambles
A rambling; esp., an aimless stroll.
Webster's New World
A leisurely, sometimes lengthy walk.
American Heritage
A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ramble
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An altered form (with dissimilation of mm to mb) of dial. rammle, from Middle English *ramelen, frequentive of ramen (“to roam, ramble"); see roam.
From Wiktionary
Probably from Middle Dutch rammelen to wander about in a state of sexual desire from rammen to copulate with
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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