rambled
rambled is the simple past and past participle of ramble.
Meaning of ramble
Verb
ramble (third-person singular simple present rambles, present participle rambling, simple past and past participle rambled)
- To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.
- Weak from drifting on the longest mosey ever rambled. Weeks with no meal or beverage. Blistering desert pounding me to the crosine-tipped ^([sic]) brink of insanity. Yet perhaps there is truth in sand madness.2007 December 9, Xavier Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Xavier (Vernon Chatman)
- To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
- To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address.
- We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch
And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch1994, Richard Thompson, “Beeswing”
- We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch
- To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
- Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.
- To follow a winding path or course.
- The river rambled through the mountains.
Questions about rambled
- What is rambled the simple past and past participle of?
- Rambled is the simple past and past participle of ramble.
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