ramble /ˈɹæmbəl/verb 5noun 4forms 3 verb5 •To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course. •To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.She often rambles about bees' behavior, both in the hive and in the field. •To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter. •To follow a winding path or course.The river rambled through the mountains. •To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address.We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch — 1994 noun4 •A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.The place was a favourite with all, and the ramble in this quarter was quite a regular custom of the afternoon with the fair heiress of Colonel Walton in particular. — 1835 •A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction. •A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.Someone proposed that we play in one of the small clearings in a gay crusing ^([sic]) area in Central Park called the rambles. — 1981 •A bed of shale over the seam of coal. formsrambled · rambling · rambles
