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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), verb (used without an object) [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.
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.
2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ramble \Ram"ble\, noun
1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation.
Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble. --Swift.
2. [Cf. {Rammel}.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. --Raymond.
3. A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking. [PJC]
4. a type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ramble
noun: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: {amble}, {promenade}, {saunter}, {stroll}, {perambulation}]
verb
1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: {ramble on}, {jog}]
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" [syn: {roll}, {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {tramp}, {roam}, {cast}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
164 Moby Thesaurus words for "ramble": Wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, airing, amble, babble, bat around, be insane, blab, blabber, blather, blether, bum, bumming, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, constitutional, count ties, depart, deviate, digress, discursion, dither, divagate, divagation, diverge, dote, drift, drifting, drivel, drool, err, errantry, excurse, flit, flitting, forced march, gab, gabble, gad, gad about, gadding, gallivant, gas, get sidetracked, gibber, gibble-gabble, go about, go adrift, go astray, go away, go off, go on, go the rounds, gossip, gush, have a demon, haver, hike, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, hoboism, itineracy, itinerancy, jabber, jaunt, jaw, knock about, knock around, march, maunder, meander, mooch, mosey, mush, natter, nomadism, nomadize, palaver, parade, patter, perambulate, peregrinate, peregrination, pererrate, pererration, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, pour forth, prate, prattle, promenade, prowl, rage, ramble on, rambling, range, rant, rattle, rattle on, rave, reel off, roam, roaming, rove, roving, run about, run amok, run mad, run on, saunter, schlep, scramble, slaver, slobber, snake, spout, spout off, sprangle, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, straying, stretch, stroll, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, tittle-tattle, tour, traipse, traipsing, tramp, travel, trek, trudge, turn, turn aside, twaddle, twattle, twist, twist and turn, vagabond, vagabondage, vagabondia, vagabondism, vagabondize, vagrancy, waffle, walk, walk the tracks, walkabout, walking tour, wander, wandering, wanderlust, wayfare, wayfaring, wind, yak, yakkety-yak
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