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Definition of Ramble

1. Noun. An aimless amble on a winding course.

2. Verb. Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner. "This novel rambles on and jogs"

3. Verb. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. "They ramble in the countryside"; "They rolled from town to town"

Definition of Ramble

1. v. i. 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.

2. n. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation.

Definition of Ramble

1. Noun. A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside. ¹

2. Noun. A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction. ¹

3. Verb. To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course ¹

4. Verb. To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter. ¹

5. Verb. To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ramble

1. to wander [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] - See also: wander

Medical Definition of Ramble

1. 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. [Cf. Rammel] A bed of shale over the seam. 3. A section of woods suitable for liesurely walking. Muskrat ramble a dance Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ramble

ramada ramadas ramage ramagious ramakin ramakins ramal raman effect ramate rambade

ramberge ramberges rambergite rambla ramblas ramble (current term) ramble on rambled rambler ramblers

rambles rambling ramblingly ramblings rambooze rambotan rambouillets rambunctious rambunctiously rambunctiousness

Literary usage of Ramble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"ramble, from the Latin re and ambulo, is to walk backward and forward ; and ROVE iä probably a contraction of ramble. ROAM is connected with our word room, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1832)
"A ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America. ... A PRETTY considerable ramble has this been, one might say. ..."

3. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1860)
"A MOONLIGHT ramble. THE proposal for a moonlight ramble was received with acclamation by all the younger portion of the company. They immediately set forth ..."

4. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"An evening ramble. Falmouth, March 6, 1787. THE glass is sinking; ... In the intervals of the mild showers with which we are blessed, I ramble about some ..."

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