Meaning

5 senses
  1. To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.

    umherziehen

    move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

  2. To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.

    spazieren, bummeln, schlendern

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  3. To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address.

    1994, Richard Thompson, “Beeswing” We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch

  4. (often, with on)To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.

    Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.

    She often rambles about bees' behavior, both in the hive and in the field.

    бормотатьbormotatʹ, пробормотатьprobormotatʹ, путать словаputatʹ slova

  5. To follow a winding path or course.

    The river rambled through the mountains.

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Does Tom always ramble like this?

    Том завжди говорить настільки незв'язно?

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  2. Tom has a tendency to ramble.

    ruТом склонен заговариваться.

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  3. What's Tom rambling on about?

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  4. I'm just rambling.

    ruЯ просто брожу.

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  5. I know I'm rambling.

    ruЯ знаю, что я слишком много говорю.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter:
to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to move about aimlessly:
to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter:

Origin

An altered form (with dissimilation of mm to mb) of dialectal rammle, from Middle English

An altered form (with dissimilation of mm to mb) of dialectal rammle, from Middle English *ramlen, *ramelen, frequentative of Middle English ramen (“to roam, ramble”); compare Swedish ramla (“to stumble; fall; make a noise; rumble”), Danish ramle (“to stumble; collapse; thunder; boom”); equivalent to roam + -le.

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Forms

rambles, rambling, rambled, rambled
Base formramble · to ramble
3rd person singularrambles
Present participlerambling
Past simplerambled
Past participlerambled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyramble
he, she, itrambles

Past simpleLesson

all personsrambled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rambled
he, she, ithas rambled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ramble

Synonyms

15 synonyms
talk or write unclearly, or incoherently:drivelsperg
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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