RAMBLE

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.
v.

To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.

3.
v.

To extend or grow at random. Thomson.

4.
n.

A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. Coming home, after a short Christians ramble. Swift.

5.
n.

A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.


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