rambleverb
uk/ˈræm.bəl/us/ˈræm.bəl/ramble verb (WALK)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to walk for pleasure, especially in the countryside:
I love to ramble through the fields and lanes in this part of the country.
Let's go rambling tomorrow.
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Hiking & orienteering
- bushwalking
- cairn
- caver
- caving
- fell
- hike
- hiker
- hiking
- hospitalization
- nature trail
- orienteering
- pedometer
- rambler
- rambling
- speleologist
- speleology
- spelunking
- trekking
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Walking and walkers
Moving a long way on foot
ramble verb (TALK/WRITE)
[ I ] disapproving to talk or write in a confused way, often for a long time:
Sorry, I'm rambling (on) - let me get back to the point.
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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ramble verb (SPREAD)
[ I ] (especially of a plant) to go in many different directions:
An old clematis rambles over the garden wall.
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Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- fan out
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- slap
- sprawl
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- sweep
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ramblenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈræm.bəl/us/ˈræm.bəl/a long walk especially through the countryside:
We go for a ramble through the woods every Saturday.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hiking & orienteering
- bushwalking
- cairn
- caver
- caving
- fell
- hike
- hiker
- hiking
- hospitalization
- nature trail
- orienteering
- pedometer
- rambler
- rambling
- speleologist
- speleology
- spelunking
- trekking
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Walking and walkers
Moving a long way on foot