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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rambling \Ram"bling\ (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng), a.
     Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk,
     or building.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled
     (r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).]
     [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
          [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rambling
     a.
     1 Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
     2 Confused and irregular; awkward.
     n.
     A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
     vb.
     (present participle of en ramble nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  rambling
     a.
     1 Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
     2 Confused and irregular; awkward.
     n.
     A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
     vb.
     (present participle of en ramble nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  rambling
     a.
     1 Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
     2 Confused and irregular; awkward.
     n.
     A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
     vb.
     (present participle of en ramble nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  rambling
     a.
     1 Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
     2 Confused and irregular; awkward.
     n.
     A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
     vb.
     (present participle of en ramble nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rambling
     Englanti a.
     1 jaaritteleva
     2 rönsyilevä
     3 sokkeloinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Rambling /ɹˈamblɪŋ/
  التجوّل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  rambling //ˈɹæm.blɪŋ// 
  разходка
  gentle hiking