ramble
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
An altered form (with dissimilation of mm to mb) of dial. rammle, from Middle English *ramelen, frequentive of ramen (“to roam, ramble”); see roam.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æmbəl
[edit] Noun
ramble (plural rambles)
- A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 16
- Marianne was prevailed upon to join her sisters in their usual walk, instead of wandering away by herself. Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles. If her sisters intended to walk on the downs, she directly stole away towards the lanes
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 138:
- The place was a favourite with all, and the ramble in this quarter was quite a regular custom of the afternoon with the fair heiress of Colonel Walton in particular.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 16
- A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
[edit] Translations
A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside
A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction
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[edit] Verb
ramble (third-person singular simple present rambles, present participle rambling, simple past and past participle rambled)
- To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
- To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
- To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
- Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.
[edit] Synonyms
- To talk or write unclearly, or incoherently : drivel
[edit] Translations
to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter
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to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions
[edit] External links
- ramble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ramble in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- ramble at OneLook Dictionary Search
