amble (verb)
1amble — ► VERB ▪ walk or move at a leisurely pace. ► NOUN ▪ a leisurely walk. ORIGIN Latin ambulare to walk …
2amble — verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk in a slow relaxed way (+ along/across etc): The old man came out and ambled over for a chat. amble noun (singular) …
3amble — verb walk or move at a leisurely pace. noun a leisurely walk. Derivatives ambler noun Origin ME: from OFr. ambler, from L. ambulare to walk …
4amble — verb ambling through the park Syn: stroll, saunter, wander, ramble, promenade, walk, go for a walk, take a walk; informal mosey, toddle, tootle; formal perambulate …
5amble — UK [ˈæmb(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms amble : present tense I/you/we/they amble he/she/it ambles present participle ambling past tense ambled past participle ambled to walk in a slow relaxed way Visitors can amble along miles of… …
6amble — [[t]æ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] ambles, ambling, ambled VERB When you amble, you walk slowly and in a relaxed manner. [V adv/prep] We ambled along in front of the houses... [V adv/prep] Slowly they ambled back to the car. Syn: stroll N SING Amble is also a… …
7amble — I. intransitive verb (ambled; ambling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French ambler, from Latin ambulare to walk, from ambi + ulare (verb base akin to Middle Welsh el he may go, Greek ēlythe he went) more at elastic Date: 14th century to… …
8amble — [14] The ultimate source of amble (and of perambulator [17], and thus of its abbreviation pram [19]) is the Latin verb ambulāre ‘walk’. This was a compound verb, formed from the prefix ambi (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the base *el ‘go’, which also… …
9amble — [14] The ultimate source of amble (and of perambulator [17], and thus of its abbreviation pram [19]) is the Latin verb ambulāre ‘walk’. This was a compound verb, formed from the prefix ambi (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the base *el ‘go’, which also… …
10amble — am|ble [ æmbl ] verb intransitive to walk in a slow relaxed way: Visitors can amble along miles of winding trails. ╾ am|ble noun singular …