Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

ramblingmore about rambling

rambling


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  Rambling  \Ram"bling\,  a. 
  Roving;  wandering;  discursive;  as  a  rambling  fellow,  talk, 
  or  building. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rambling 
  adj  1:  (of  e.g.  speech  and  writing)  tending  to  depart  from  the  main 
  point  or  cover  a  wide  range  of  subjects;  "amusingly 
  digressive  with  satirical  thrusts  at  women's  fashions 
  among  other  things";  "a  rambling  discursive  book"; 
  "his  excursive  remarks";  "a  rambling  speech  about  this 
  and  that"  [syn:  {digressive},  {discursive},  {excursive}] 
  2:  of  a  path  e.g.;  "meandering  streams";  "rambling  forest 
  paths";  "the  river  followed  its  wandering  course";  "a 
  winding  country  road"  [syn:  {meandering(a)},  {wandering(a)}, 
  {winding}] 




more about rambling