amble

[ am-buhl ]

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verb (used without object),am·bled, am·bling.

to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town.
(of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.

noun

an ambling gait.
a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.

a stroll.

Origin of amble

1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French ambler<Latin ambulāre to walk, equivalent to amb-ambi- + -ulāre to step (*-el- + stem vowel -ā-; cognate with Welsh el- may go, Greek elaúnein to set in motion)

Other words for amble

1	ramble, meander

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Other words from amble

ambler, noun
am·bling·ly, adverb

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How to use amble in a sentence

And he could keep order in the halls just by ambling through them.
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Ambling behind him is a handful of walkers, which Abraham dispatches in a matter of seconds.
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Those ambling unsuccessfully through the dating scene don't want a wall covered in degrees and certificates.
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Each novella in this book unfolds slowly, ambling through expository digressions with confidence.
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On the top of this the rider would sit perched, and, with a good ambling pony, could get along very comfortably.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

I gave Gibson the big ambling horse, ‘Badger,’ and we packed the big cob with a pair of water-bags that contained twenty gallons.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de Rougemont
In the power of continuous ambling they exceed the horses, and are often equal to them in speed.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests | J. J. von Tschudi
They are a common sight in the neighbourhood of Peking, where ambling contests frequently take place outside the city wall.
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A gray, venerable-looking man was passing down the road on an ambling nag.
Mothering on Perilous | Lucy S. Furman

British Dictionary definitions for amble

amble

/ (ˈæmbəl) /

verb(intr)

to walk at a leisurely relaxed pace
(of a horse) to move slowly, lifting both legs on one side together

to ride a horse at an amble or leisurely pace

noun

a leisurely motion in walking
a leisurely walk

the ambling gait of a horse

Origin of amble

C14: from Old French ambler, from Latin ambulāre to walk

Derived forms of amble

ambler, noun

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