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 Definitions of ramble  [ˈræm bəl]  

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Definition of 'ramble' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) ramble
to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner; stroll.

2.  ramble
to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path.

3.  ramble
to grow or spread in a random, unsystematic fashion, as a vine.

4.  ramble
to talk or write in a discursive, aimless manner:
The speaker rambled on endlessly.

5. (v.t.) ramble
to walk aimlessly or idly over or through.

6. (n.) ramble
a leisurely walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.

Etymology:  (1610–20; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'ramble' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) ramble, meander
an aimless amble on a winding course

2. (verb) ramble on, ramble, jog
continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
"This novel rambles on and jogs"

3. (verb) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
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"


Definition of 'ramble' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) ramble
to talk a lot in an unfocused and confused way
Grandma rambled on about her childhood.; an incoherent ramble


Definition of 'ramble' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ramble
a going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation

2. (noun) ramble
a bed of shale over the seam

3. (verb) ramble
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

4. (verb) ramble
to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way

5. (verb) ramble
to extend or grow at random


Translation of 'ramble' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to go for a long walk or walks, usually in the countryside, for pleasure.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wandel Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَجَوَّل، يَتَنَزَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разхождам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: passear Czech flag Czech: procházet se German flag German: umherstreifen
Danish flag Danish: vandre Greek flag Greek: κάνω μακρινό περίπατο Spanish flag Spanish: pasear por el campo; dar
Estonian flag Estonian: uitama Farsi flag Farsi: ولگردی کردن Finnish flag Finnish: vaeltaa
French flag French: partir en randonnée Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְשוֹטֵט Hindi flag Hindi: घूमना
Croatian flag Croatian: šetati, lutati Hungarian flag Hungarian: kószál Indonesian flag Indonesian: berkelana
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ráfa Italian flag Italian: vagare Japanese flag Japanese: ぶらつく
Korean flag Korean: 산책하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: klajoti, vaikštinėti Latvian flag Latvian: klaiņot; pastaigāties
Malay flag Malay: bersiar-siar Dutch flag Dutch: rondzwerven Norwegian flag Norwegian: gå tur, vandre, gå fra hy
Polish flag Polish: wędrować, iść na wycieczk Persian flag Persian: ولگردی کردن Pashto flag Pashto: ګرځيدل، چكروهل، هوا خورى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: passear Romanian flag Romanian: a hoinări Russian flag Russian: гулять, бродить
Slovak flag Slovak: prechádzať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: potepati se Serbian flag Serbian: šetati
Swedish flag Swedish: ströva (vandra) omkring Thai flag Thai: เดินเที่ยว Turkish flag Turkish: yürüyüşe çıkmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 漫步 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: блукати без мети Urdu flag Urdu: سیر کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dạo chơi Chinese flag Chinese: 漫步于...

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