rambling

ram·bling  (rmblng)

adj.

1. Often or habitually roaming; wandering.

2. Extended over an irregular area; sprawling: a large rambling country estate.

3. Lengthy and digressive: a rambling speech.

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rambling·ly adv.

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rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ]

adj

1. straggling or sprawling haphazardly; unplanned a rambling old house

2. (of speech or writing) lacking a coherent plan; diffuse and disconnected

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant, esp a rose) profusely climbing and straggling

4. nomadic; wandering

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rambling - spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" sprawling, straggling, straggly untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
	2.	rambling - (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" excursive, digressive, discursive indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"
	3.	rambling - of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" meandering, wandering, winding indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"

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rambling

adjective

1. sprawling, spreading, trailing, irregular, straggling that rambling house with its bizarre contents

2. long-winded, incoherent, disjointed, prolix, irregular, diffuse, disconnected, desultory, wordy, circuitous, discursive, digressive, periphrastic He wrote a rambling letter to his wife.
long-winded direct, to the point, coherent, concise

Translations

rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ]

A. ADJ

1. (= straggling) [plant] → trepador

2. (= wandering, incoherent) [speech, book] → farragoso, inconexo

3. (= sprawling) [house] → laberíntico

B. N

1. (= walking) → excursionismo m a pie

2. ramblings → desvaríos mpl, divagaciones fpl

C. CPD rambling rose N → rosal m trepador

rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ]

adj

[speech, letter] → décousu(e)

[house] → plein(e) de coins et de recoins

[rose] → grimpant(e)

n (= hiking) → randonnée f

rambling

adj

speech, writing → weitschweifig, umständlich; old person → faselnd (inf), → schwafelnd (inf); building, town, garden → weitläufig

plant → rankend, kletternd; rambling rose → Kletterrose f

rambling club/society (esp Brit) → Wanderklub m → /-verein m

n

(= wandering about) → Streifzüge pl; (esp Brit: = hiking) → Wandern nt; to go rambling → wandern gehen, wandern

(in speech: also ramblings) → Gefasel nt (inf), → Geschwafel nt (inf)

rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ] adj (plant) → rampicante; (speech, book) → sconnesso/a; (house) → tutto/a nicchie e corridoi

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rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ] adj (plant) → rampicante; (speech, book) → sconnesso/a; (house) → tutto/a nicchie e corridoi