MEANING
1. To walk or move through a place without a fixed or direct course.
2. To speak or write at length while moving loosely between topics.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- ramble through woods
- country ramble
On the page
They rambled through the woods until dusk.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- ramble
- Past tense
- rambled
- Past participle
- rambled
- Present participle
- rambling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- ramble
- Present continuous
- am/is/are rambling
- Present perfect
- have/has rambled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been rambling
- Past
- rambled
- Past continuous
- was/were rambling
- Past perfect
- had rambled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been rambling
- Future
- will ramble
- Future continuous
- will be rambling
- Future perfect
- will have rambled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been rambling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: ramble; rambles; rambled; rambled; rambling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: rambles.
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