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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

rambling
    adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling
           handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
           [syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly]
    2: (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" [syn:
       digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling]
    3: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
       paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding
       country road" [syn: meandering(a), rambling,
       wandering(a), winding]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rambling \Ram"bling\ (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng), a.
   Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk,
   or building.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [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.
      [1913 Webster]

            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.
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   2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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   3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Rambling:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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