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Ramble

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Noun

1. meander, ramble

an aimless amble on a winding course

Verb

2. jog, ramble, ramble on

continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

Example Sentences:
'This novel rambles on and jogs'

3. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ramble

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verb (intransitive)
1. 
to stroll about freely, as for relaxation, with no particular direction
2. 
(of paths, streams, etc) to follow a winding course; meander
3. 
(of plants) to grow in a random fashion
4. 
(of speech, writing, etc) to lack organization
noun
5. 
a leisurely stroll, esp in the countryside

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Ramble

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈrambled or ˈrambling
1. 
to roam about; esp., to walk or stroll about idly, without any special goal
2. 
to talk or write aimlessly, without connection of ideas
3. 
to grow or spread in all directions, as a vine
verb transitive
4. 
to roam through
noun
5. 
a rambling; esp., an aimless stroll

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ramble

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v. ram·bled, ram·bling, ram·bles
v.intr. ram·bled, ram·bling, ram·bles
1. To move about aimlessly: rambled around the park for an hour; rambled around the southwest. See Synonyms at wander.
2. To walk casually or leisurely: rambled over to the neighbor's house.
3. To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth: Vines rambled over the fence.
4. To speak or write at length and with many digressions: rambled on about his childhood.
v.tr.
To move about aimlessly through or over: rambled the back streets of town.
n.
A leisurely, sometimes lengthy walk.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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