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verb (used without object)
1.
to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
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to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path.
3.
to grow in a random, unsystematic fashion: The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks.
4.
to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way (usually followed by on): The speaker rambled on with anecdote after anecdote.
verb (used with object)
5.
to walk aimlessly or idly over or through: They spent the spring afternoon rambling woodland paths.
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Rambles
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noun
6.
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
ramble
mid-15c., perhaps frequentative of romen "to walk, go" (see roam), perhaps via romblen (late 14c.) "to ramble." The vowel change probably by infl. of M.Du. rammelen, a derivative of rammen "copulate," "used of the night wanderings of the amorous cat" [Weekley]. Meaning "to
EXPAND talk or write incoherently" is from 1630s.
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