RAMBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does ramble mean?
• RAMBLE (noun)
The noun RAMBLE has 1 sense:
1. an aimless amble on a winding course
Familiarity information: RAMBLE used as a noun is very rare.
• RAMBLE (verb)
The verb RAMBLE has 2 senses:
1. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Familiarity information: RAMBLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RAMBLE (noun)
Meaning:
An aimless amble on a winding course
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ramble; meander
Hypernyms ("ramble" is a kind of...):
amble; perambulation; promenade; saunter; stroll (a leisurely walk (usually in some public place))
• RAMBLE (verb)
Meaning:
Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
jog; ramble; ramble on
Context example:
This novel rambles on and jogs
Hypernyms (to "ramble" is one way to...):
carry on; continue; go on; proceed (continue talking)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
wander; vagabond; stray; rove; roam; range; ramble; swan; drift; tramp; cast; roll
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "ramble" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ramble"):
maunder (wander aimlessly)
gad; gallivant; jazz around (wander aimlessly in search of pleasure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
They ramble the countryside
They ramble in the countryside
