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rambling
(encz) | rambling,nepravidelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rambling
(encz) | rambling,nesourodý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rambling
(encz) | rambling,nesouvislý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rambling
(encz) | rambling,nestálý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rambling
(encz) | rambling,neucelený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rambling
(encz) | rambling,neuspořádaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rambling
(encz) | rambling,těkání n: Václav Radoměřský |
rambling
(encz) | rambling,toulavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rambling
(encz) | rambling,toulka n: Václav Radoměřský |
Rambling
(gcide) | Rambling \Ram"bling\ (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng), a.
Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk,
or building.
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Rambling
(gcide) | Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled
(r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).]
[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.
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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.
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2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
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Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
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rambling
(wn) | rambling
adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling
handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
[syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly]
2: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main
point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly
digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among
other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive
remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" [syn:
digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling]
3: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding
country road" [syn: meandering(a), rambling,
wandering(a), winding] |
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giant scrambling fern
(encz) | giant scrambling fern, n: |
ramblingly
(encz) | ramblingly, adv: |
scrambling
(encz) | scrambling,míchání n: Zdeněk Brožscrambling,šplhání n: na skálu ap. Pinoscrambling,zakódování n: Zdeněk Brožscrambling,zamíchání n: Zdeněk Brož |
unscrambling
(encz) | unscrambling, |
Brambling
(gcide) | Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.]
(Zool.)
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); --
called also bramble finch and bramble.
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Rambling
(gcide) | Rambling \Ram"bling\ (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng), a.
Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk,
or building.
[1913 Webster]Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled
(r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).]
[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.
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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.
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2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
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3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
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Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
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Ramblingly
(gcide) | Ramblingly \Ram"bling*ly\ (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng*l[y^]), adv.
In a rambling manner.
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Scrambling
(gcide) | Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrambled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scrambling.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake
together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf.
Scrabble.]
1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to
scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
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2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon
the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something;
to catch rudely at what is desired.
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Of other care they little reckoning make,
Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]Scrambling \Scram"bling\, a.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. --
Scram"bling*ly, adv.
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A huge old scrambling bedroom. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Scramblingly
(gcide) | Scrambling \Scram"bling\, a.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. --
Scram"bling*ly, adv.
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A huge old scrambling bedroom. --Sir W.
Scott.
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brambling
(wn) | brambling
n 1: Eurasian finch [syn: brambling, {Fringilla
montifringilla}] |
giant scrambling fern
(wn) | giant scrambling fern
n 1: large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet
high; Pacific region and China [syn: {giant scrambling
fern}, Diplopterygium longissimum] |
ramblingly
(wn) | ramblingly
adv 1: in a rambling manner [syn: discursively, ramblingly] |
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