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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an aimless amble on a winding course;
[syn: ramble, meander]


VERB (2)

1. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner;
- Example: "This novel rambles on and jogs"
[syn: ramble on, ramble, jog]

2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
- Example: "The gypsies roamed the woods"
- Example: "roving vagabonds"
- Example: "the wandering Jew"
- Example: "The cattle roam across the prairie"
- Example: "the laborers drift from one town to the next"
- Example: "They rolled from town to town"
[syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble.
                                                  --Swift.
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   2. [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the
      seam. --Raymond.
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   3. A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking.
      [PJC]

   4. a type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble.
      [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled
   (r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).]
   [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.
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            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.
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   2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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   3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
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   Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ramble
    n 1: an aimless amble on a winding course [syn: ramble,
         meander]
    v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
         novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, ramble,
         jog]
    2: 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" [syn: roll,
       wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
       rove, range, drift, vagabond]