ramble

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verb

To ramble is defined as to write, speak or move aimlessly.

An example of to ramble is to talk for hours and hours about nothing.

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ramble

intransitive verb

-·bled, -·bling

to roam about; esp., to walk or stroll about idly, without any special goal
to talk or write aimlessly, without connection of ideas
to grow or spread in all directions, as a vine

Origin of ramble

variant, variety of Middle English romblen, frequentative of romen, to roam

to roam through

a rambling; esp., an aimless stroll

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ramble

verb

ram·bled, ram·bling, ram·bles

verb

intransitiveram·bled, ram·bling, ram·bles

To move about aimlessly: rambled around the park for an hour; rambled around the southwest. See Synonyms at wander.
To walk casually or leisurely: rambled over to the neighbor's house.
To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth: Vines rambled over the fence.
To speak or write at length and with many digressions: rambled on about his childhood.

verb

transitive

To move about aimlessly through or over: rambled the back streets of town.

noun

A leisurely, sometimes lengthy walk.

Origin of ramble

Probably from Middle Dutch rammelen to wander about in a state of sexual desire from rammen to copulate with

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Noun

(plural rambles)

A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
(mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.

Verb

(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.

Origin

An altered form (with dissimilation of mm to mb) of dial. rammle, from Middle English *ramelen, frequentive of ramen (“to roam, ramble"); see roam.

"mid-15 c., perhaps frequentative of 'romen' 'to walk, go' perhaps via 'romblen' (late 14 c.) 'to ramble.' The vowel change perhaps by influence of Middle Dutch 'rammelen,' a derivative of 'rammen' 'copulate,' 'used of the night wanderings of the amorous cat.' Meaning 'to talk or write incoherently' is from 1630's" (etymonline.com).

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