ramble
verb /ˈræmbl/
/ˈræmbl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ramble | /ˈræmbl/ /ˈræmbl/ |
| he / she / it rambles | /ˈræmblz/ /ˈræmblz/ |
| past simple rambled | /ˈræmbld/ /ˈræmbld/ |
| past participle rambled | /ˈræmbld/ /ˈræmbld/ |
| -ing form rambling | /ˈræmblɪŋ/ /ˈræmblɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially British English) to walk for pleasure, especially in the countryside
- We spent the summer rambling in Ireland.
- You can ramble through some beautiful countryside in the area.
- [intransitive] to talk about somebody/something in a confused way, especially for a long time
- He had lost track of what he was saying and began to ramble.
- ramble (on) (about somebody/something) What is she rambling on about now?
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of plants) to grow in many different directions, especially over other plants or objects
- Climbing plants rambled over the front of the house.
see also rambling
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): probably related to Middle Dutch rammelen, used of animals in the sense ‘wander about on heat’, also to the noun ram.