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}]
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