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rambles

rambles is the plural of ramble.

rambles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ramble.

Meaning of ramble

Noun

ramble (plural rambles)

  1. A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
    • Marianne was prevailed upon to join her sisters in their usual walk, instead of wandering away by herself. Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles. If her sisters intended to walk on the downs, she directly stole away towards the lanes;[…]1811, Jane Austen, chapter 16, in Sense and Sensibility
  2. A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
  3. A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
  4. A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.
    • Someone proposed that we play in one of the small clearings in a gay crusing ^([sic]) area in Central Park called the rambles.1981 April 25, 10, “Growth Of A Gay Soccer League”, in Gay Community News, page 10

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Questions about rambles

What is rambles the plural of?
Rambles is the plural of ramble.

Words near rambles in the dictionary

  1. rambler gate
  2. rambler gates
  3. rambler rose
  4. rambler roses
  5. ramblers
  6. rambles
  7. ramblesome
  8. ramblin'
  9. rambling
  10. rambling rose
  11. rambling roses

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