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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}]
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