rambling
n.
wandering, traveling with no specific destination
adj.
wandering with no specific destination; digressive, tending to stray from the main point
ramble
v.
walk leisurely, stroll, promenade; write or speak in a confusing manner
Walking
rambling
Adjective
1. (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"
(synonym) digressive, discursive, excursive
(similar) indirect
2. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
(synonym) meandering(a), wandering(a), winding
(similar) indirect
ramble
Noun
1. a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
(synonym) amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation
(hypernym) walk
(hyponym) walkabout
(derivation) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, rove, range, drift, vagabond
Verb
1. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs"
(synonym) ramble on, jog
(hypernym) continue, go on, carry on, proceed
(derivation) rambler
2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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"
(synonym) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, rove, range, drift, vagabond
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) maunder
(verb-group) stray, err, drift
(derivation) amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation
Rambling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ramble
(a.)
Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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