amble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amble	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amble n a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation] v walk leisurely Synonym(s): amble, mosey
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amble \Am"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ambling}.] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. [?] to go, E. base. Cf. {Ambulate}.] 1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider. 2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. --Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amble \Am"ble\, n. 1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. [bd]A fine easy amble.[b8] --B. Jonson. 2. A movement like the amble of a horse.