1 (of a building) spreading in various directions with no particular pattern:
They live in a rambling old house in the country.
2 (of speech or writing) very long and confused:
a rambling speech / letter
3 (of a plant) growing or climbing in all directions, for example up a wall:
a rambling rose
Part of speech: noun
1 [U] (especially BrE) the activity of walking for pleasure in the countryside:
a rambling club
2 (ramblings) [pl.] speech or writing that continues for a long time without saying much and seems very confused:
the ramblings of a madman
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is rambling a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, rambling is tagged as adjective.
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