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Another word for ramble

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ramble

v.

To saunter
stroll, promenade, roam, wander; see roam, walk 1.
To speak or write aimlessly
drift, stray, diverge, meander, blather, talk nonsense, chatter, babble, digress, maunder, get off the point, get off the subject, go off on a tangent, go on and on, talk discursively, write without sequence of ideas, expatiate, protract, enlarge, descant, be diffuse, prose, dwell on, harp on, dilate, amplify, go astray, wander, gossip, drivel, rant and rave, talk at random, talk off the top of one's head, beat around the bush.
To go in various directions; said especially of vines
twist, twine, wander, roam, branch off, climb, spread, fork, straggle, stray, extend, grow, clamber, trail; see also turn 6, wind 3.

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Another word for ramble

verb

To move about at random, especially over a wide area:
drift, gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander. See move
To walk at a leisurely pace:
amble, meander, perambulate, promenade, saunter, stroll, wander. (Informal) mosey. See move
To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking:
deviate, digress, divagate, diverge, stray, wander. Idiom: go off at (or on) a tangent. See approach

noun

An act of walking, especially for pleasure:

amble, meander (often used in plural), perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll, walk, wander. See move

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A good book review follows the same basic rules as any other type of writing: write in the active voice, don't ramble, and proofread your work carefully when you're finished.
They can be long-winded and tedious when listening to someone ramble on before they briefly encounter a point that they want to make.
Where space is limited they can be kept small by pruning, but the best effects are obtained where they can ramble without hindrance.
For moist spongy spots near the rock garden, or by the side of a rill, it is one of the best plants, but its beauty is best seen when it is allowed to ramble over rich, muddy soil.
Smilax Tamnoides - This grows well in the Bamboo Garden at Kew, and shows well how such a plant may be used to ramble over tree stumps to make a mass of picturesque vegetation.

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