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amble

[ am-buhl ]

verb (used without object)

ambled, ambling.
  1. to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter:

    He ambled around the town.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.


noun

  1. an ambling gait.
  2. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.
  3. a stroll.

amble

/ ˈæ³¾²úÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. to walk at a leisurely relaxed pace
  2. (of a horse) to move slowly, lifting both legs on one side together
  3. to ride a horse at an amble or leisurely pace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a leisurely motion in walking
  2. a leisurely walk
  3. the ambling gait of a horse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²¹³¾²ú±ô±ð°ù, noun
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  • ²¹³¾î€ƒb±ô¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of amble1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French ambler < Latin ²¹³¾²ú³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð to walk, equivalent to amb- ambi- + -³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð to step ( *-el- + stem vowel -Äå-; cognate with Welsh el- may go, Greek ±ð±ô²¹Ãº²Ô±ð¾±²Ô to set in motion)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of amble1

C14: from Old French ambler, from Latin ²¹³¾²ú³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð to walk
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Example Sentences

After the lecture, Lori and I ambled through the galleries together, commenting on the spectacular beaded and sequined art and opening up to each other.

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Outside the corral, a Red Angus peered in before ambling over to use a tractor for a scratching post.

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After Salt cut behind point, Duckett ambled the first two runs and sent back his partner as he set off for a third.

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As Conor enters the game to save his dog and his insular world expands, the film itself tends to amble.

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The environment they lived in was covered by a warm, shallow lagoon and the dinosaurs left their prints as they ambled across the mud.

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