[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ramble \ram"ble\ ra^m"b'l, v. i. imp.  p. p. rambled
   ra^m"b'ld; p. pr.  vb. n. rambling ra^m"bli^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.
      1913 webster

   2. to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
      1913 webster

   3. to extend or grow at random. --thomson.
      1913 webster

   syn: to rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
        1913 webster
see also:
rambled rambling roam 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ramble \ram"ble\, n.
   1. a going or moving from place to place without any
      determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll
      merely for recreation.
      1913 webster

            coming home, after a short christmas ramble.
                                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. cf. rammel. coal mining a bed of shale over the
      seam. --raymond.
      1913 webster

   3. a section of woods suitable for leisurely walking.
      pjc

   4. a type of dance; as, the muskrat ramble.
      pjc
see also:
rammel 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ramble
     n : a leisurely walk usually in some public place syn: amble,
          promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation
     v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "this
          novel rambles on and jogs" syn: ramble on, jog
     2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
        search of food or employment; "the gypsies roamed the
        woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering jew"; "the
        cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from
        one town to the next"; "they rolled from town to town"
        syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,
        cast, rove, range, drift, vagabond
see also:
amble promenade saunter stroll perambulation ramble on 
jog roll wander swan stray 
tramp roam cast rove range 
drift vagabond 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

164 moby thesaurus words for "ramble":
   wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, airing, amble, babble,
   bat around, be insane, blab, blabber, blather, blether, bum,
   bumming, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, constitutional, count ties,
   depart, deviate, digress, discursion, dither, divagate, divagation,
   diverge, dote, drift, drifting, drivel, drool, err, errantry,
   excurse, flit, flitting, forced march, gab, gabble, gad, gad about,
   gadding, gallivant, gas, get sidetracked, gibber, gibble-gabble,
   go about, go adrift, go astray, go away, go off, go on,
   go the rounds, gossip, gush, have a demon, haver, hike,
   hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, hoboism, itineracy, itinerancy,
   jabber, jaunt, jaw, knock about, knock around, march, maunder,
   meander, mooch, mosey, mush, natter, nomadism, nomadize, palaver,
   parade, patter, perambulate, peregrinate, peregrination, pererrate,
   pererration, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, pour forth,
   prate, prattle, promenade, prowl, rage, ramble on, rambling, range,
   rant, rattle, rattle on, rave, reel off, roam, roaming, rove,
   roving, run about, run amok, run mad, run on, saunter, schlep,
   scramble, slaver, slobber, snake, spout, spout off, sprangle,
   spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, straying, stretch, stroll,
   talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, tittle-tattle, tour, traipse,
   traipsing, tramp, travel, trek, trudge, turn, turn aside, twaddle,
   twattle, twist, twist and turn, vagabond, vagabondage, vagabondia,
   vagabondism, vagabondize, vagrancy, waffle, walk, walk the tracks,
   walkabout, walking tour, wander, wandering, wanderlust, wayfare,
   wayfaring, wind, yak, yakkety-yak

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