From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rambling \Ram"bling\ (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng), a.
Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk,
or building.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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.
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2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
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Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rambling
adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling
handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
[syn: {sprawling}, {straggling}, {rambling}, {straggly}]
2: (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}, {rambling}]
3: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding
country road" [syn: {meandering(a)}, {rambling},
{wandering(a)}, {winding}]
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