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ramble

Pronunciation: /ˈramb(ə)l/

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Definition of ramble

verb

[no object]

1walk for pleasure in the countryside: I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing [with object]:as a boy I rambled the fells around Dent

2talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way:Willy rambled on about Norman archways

3(of a plant) put out long shoots and grow over walls or other plants: roses climbed, rambled, hung over walls

noun

a walk taken for pleasure in the countryside.

Origin:

late Middle English (in ramble (sense 2 of the verb)): probably related to Middle Dutch rammelen, used of animals in the sense 'wander about on heat', also to the noun ram

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