See ramble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "1994, Richard Thompson, “Beeswing”\nWe was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch\nAnd like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch"
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"form": "rambled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ramble (third-person singular simple present rambles, present participle rambling, simple past and past participle rambled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course."
],
"links": [
[
"aimlessly",
"aimlessly"
],
[
"winding",
"winding"
],
[
"course",
"course"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter."
],
"links": [
[
"walk",
"walk"
],
[
"pleasure",
"pleasure"
],
[
"amble",
"amble"
],
[
"saunter",
"saunter"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1994, Richard Thompson, “Beeswing”\nWe was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch\nAnd like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
27,
33
]
],
"text": "Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
10,
17
]
],
"text": "She often rambles about bees' behavior, both in the hive and in the field.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
38,
44
]
],
"text": "Usually I don't mind listening to her ramble on a bit; it can be soothing.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
27
]
],
"text": "Last night she was rambling on about horticultural methods, which was so soothing that I nodded off.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions."
],
"links": [
[
"on",
"on"
],
[
"about",
"about"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"write",
"write"
],
[
"incessantly",
"incessantly"
],
[
"unclearly",
"unclearly"
],
[
"incoherently",
"incoherently"
],
[
"digression",
"digression"
]
],
"qualifier": "about",
"raw_glosses": [
"(often with on, about, or both) To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions."
],
"tags": [
"often",
"with-on"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
10,
17
]
],
"text": "The river rambled through the mountains.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To follow a winding path or course."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹæmbəl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ramble.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ramble.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ramble.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ramble.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ramble.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æmbəl"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "talk or write unclearly, or incoherently",
"word": "drivel"
},
{
"sense": "talk or write unclearly, or incoherently",
"word": "sperg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "brodja",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "бродя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "skitam",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "скитам"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "umherziehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "bolyong"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "bóklászik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "kóvályog"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "ődöng"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "lődörög"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "whakatīhohe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "vagar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "errar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to move about aimlessly",
"word": "deambular"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "razhoždam se",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "разхождам се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "käydä kävelylenkillä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "flâner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "se balader"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "spazieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "bummeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "schlendern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "kószál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "kóborol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "sétál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "csatangol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "császkál"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "ānau"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "rambiar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "se passejar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "landrejar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "progúlivatʹsja",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "прогу́ливаться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "pasearse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter",
"word": "callejear"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "skitam",
"sense": "to lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address",
"word": "скитам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "skitorja",
"sense": "to lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address",
"word": "скиторя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "skitosvam",
"sense": "to lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address",
"word": "скитосвам"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address",
"word": "errar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "brǎtvja",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "брътвя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "mnogoglagolstvam",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "многоглаголствам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "bǎrborja",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "бърборя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "drǎnkam",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "дрънкам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "smotolevjam",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "смотолевям"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "smǎnkvam",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "смънквам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "xerrar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "jaaritella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "divaguer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "radoter"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "elkalandozik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "fecseg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "csapong"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "ālūcinor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"note": "of speaking",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "murakehu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "kāwekaweka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "bormotatʹ",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бормотать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "probormotatʹ",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пробормотать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "putatʹ slova",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "путать слова"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"raw_tags": [
"?masculine"
],
"roman": "zaputalsja v slovax",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запутался в словах"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "divagar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"tags": [
"Mexico",
"colloquial"
],
"word": "debrayar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "elucubrar"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "pə́ə",
"sense": "to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions",
"word": "เพ้อ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "lǎkatuša",
"sense": "to follow a winding path or course",
"word": "лъкатуша"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "krivolja",
"sense": "to follow a winding path or course",
"word": "криволя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "krivoliča",
"sense": "to follow a winding path or course",
"word": "криволича"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to follow a winding path or course",
"word": "serpentear"
}
],
"word": "ramble"
}
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