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English Dictionary: ramble	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ramble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ramble n an aimless amble on a winding course [syn: ramble, meander] v continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" Synonym(s): ramble on, ramble, jog 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" Synonym(s): roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ramble \Ram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rambling}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ramble \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. [Cf. {Rammel}.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. --Raymond.