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  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]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Coming  home,  after  a  short  Christians  ramble. 
  --Swift. 
 
  2.  [Cf.  {Rammel}.]  (Coal  Mining)  A  bed  of  shale  over  the 
  seam.  --Raymond. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ramble 
  n  :  a  leisurely  walk  (usually  in  some  public  place)  [syn:  {amble}, 
  {promenade},  {saunter},  {stroll},  {perambulation}] 
  v  1:  continue  talking  or  writing  in  a  desultory  manner:  "This 
  novel  rambles  on  and  jogs"  [syn:  {ramble  on},  {jog}] 
  2:  wander  about  aimlessly;  "The  gypsies  roamed  the  woods"  [syn: 
  {wander},  {swan},  {stray},  {roam},  {cast},  {rove},  {range}, 
  {drift},  {vagabond}]




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