Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ramble \Ram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rambled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Rambling}.] [For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf.
   {Roam}.]
   1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any
      determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or
      irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the
      city; to ramble over the world.

            He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness,
            what is his liberty better than if driven up and
            down as a bubble by the wind?         --Locke.

   2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.

   3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.

   Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.

Ramble \Ram"ble\, n.
   1. A going or moving from place to place without any
      determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll
      merely for recreation.

            Coming home, after a short Christians ramble.
                                                  --Swift.

   2. [Cf. {Rammel}.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the
      seam. --Raymond.

Source : WordNet®

ramble
     n : a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: {amble},
          {promenade}, {saunter}, {stroll}, {perambulation}]

ramble
     v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
          novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: {ramble on}, {jog}]
     2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
        search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
        woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
        cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from
        one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
        [syn: {roll}, {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {tramp}, {roam},
        {cast}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]