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ALL meanings of rambling

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  • verb without object rambling to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path. 1
  • verb without object rambling to grow in a random, unsystematic fashion: The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks. 1
  • verb without object rambling to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way (usually followed by on): The speaker rambled on with anecdote after anecdote. 1
  • verb with object rambling to walk aimlessly or idly over or through: They spent the spring afternoon rambling woodland paths. 1
  • noun rambling a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure. 1
  • adjective rambling speech, text: with digressions 1
  • adjective rambling person: speaking aimlessly 1
  • adjective rambling plant: climbing 1
  • noun rambling walking in countryside 1
  • adjective rambling house: with many corridors 1
  • adjective rambling wandering 1
  • adjective rambling aimlessly wandering. 1
  • adjective rambling taking an irregular course; straggling: a rambling brook. 1
  • adjective rambling spread out irregularly in various directions: a rambling mansion. 1
  • adjective rambling straying from one subject to another; desultory: a rambling novel. 1
  • verb without object rambling to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time. 1
  • adjective rambling A rambling building is big and old with an irregular shape. 0
  • adjective rambling If you describe a speech or piece of writing as rambling, you are criticizing it for being too long and very confused. 0
  • adjective rambling straggling or sprawling haphazardly; unplanned 0
  • adjective rambling (of speech or writing) lacking a coherent plan; diffuse and disconnected 0
  • adjective rambling (of a plant, esp a rose) profusely climbing and straggling 0
  • adjective rambling nomadic; wandering 0
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