AMBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amble mean? 

• AMBLE (noun)
  The noun AMBLE has 1 sense:

1. a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

  Familiarity information: AMBLE used as a noun is very rare.

• AMBLE (verb)
  The verb AMBLE has 1 sense:

1. walk leisurely

  Familiarity information: AMBLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

amble; perambulation; promenade; saunter; stroll

Hypernyms ("amble" is a kind of...):

walk (the act of walking somewhere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amble"):

meander; ramble (an aimless amble on a winding course)

walkabout (a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally)

Derivation:

amble (walk leisurely)

ambulate (walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking)

perambulate (walk with no particular goal)

• AMBLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they amble    ... he / she / it ambles   
Past simple: ambled   
Past participle: ambled   
-ing form: ambling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk leisurely

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

amble; mosey

Hypernyms (to "amble" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The children amble to the playground

Derivation:

amble (a leisurely walk (usually in some public place))

ambler (someone who walks at a leisurely pace)

 Context examples 

A sleek mule with red trappings was brought round from some neighboring shed for the physician, and he ambled away with much dignity upon his road to Southampton.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Bhaer soon joined her, looking rather out of his element, and presently several of the philosophers, each mounted on his hobby, came ambling up to hold an intellectual tournament in the recess.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)