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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Amble \Am"ble\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ambling}.] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. ? to go, E. base. Cf. {Ambulate}.]
1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
The skipping king, he ambled up and down. --Shak.
Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Amble \Am"ble\, noun
1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. ''A fine easy amble.'' --B. Jonson.
2. A movement like the amble of a horse.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
amble
noun: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: {promenade}, {ramble}, {saunter}, {stroll}, {perambulation}]
verb: walk leisurely [syn: {mosey}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
135 Moby Thesaurus words for "amble": airing, barge, bowl along, bundle, canter, caracole, claudicate, clump, constitutional, crawl, creep, curvet, dally, dillydally, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out, drift, droop, flounce, foot, footslog, forced march, frisk, gait, gallop, go dead slow, go on horseback, go slow, hack, halt, hike, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, idle, inch, inch along, jaunt, jog, jog-trot, jolt, jump, laze, limp, linger, lock step, loiter, lope, lumber, lunge, lurch, march, mince, mincing steps, mope, mosey, mount, muck, mush, pace, paddle, parade, peg, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, piaffe, piaffer, plod, poke, poke along, prance, promenade, rack, ramble, ride bareback, ride hard, roll, sashay, saunter, schlep, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stretch, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swagger, swing, take horse, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, traipse, tramp, tread, trip, trot, trudge, turn, velocity, waddle, walk, walking tour, wamble, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along
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