Ramble

(rām'bl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. RAMBLED; p. pr. & vb. n. RAMBLING.] [Cf. Ger. rammeln, to tumble, to romp; or Lat. re-ambulare, Eng. as if re-amble, or it may be a dim. of roam.] 1. To walk, ride, or sail from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to visit many places; to range carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the country. Never ask leave to go abroad, for you will be thought an idle, rambling fellow. Swift. 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 go out, expand, or grow without constraint or direction. O'er his ample sides the rambling sprays Luxuriant shoot. Thomson. Syn.—To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.