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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Amble \Am"ble\, v. i. [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.
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   2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or
      without hard shocks.
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            The skipping king, he ambled up and down. --Shak.
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            Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for ambling:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ambulation, backpacking, cautious, circumspect, claudicant, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, deliberate, easy, faltering, flagging, foot-dragging, footing, footing it, footwork, gentle, going on foot, gradual, halting, hiking, hitchhiking, hitching, hobbled, hobbling, hoofing, idle, indolent, languid, languorous, lazy, legwork, leisurely, limping, lumbering, marching, moderate, pedestrianism, perambulation, poking, poky, relaxed, reluctant, sauntering, shuffling, slack, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, staggering, strolling, tentative, thumbing, thumbing a ride, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering, tramping, treading, trudging, turtlelike, unhurried, waddling, walking
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