1. To wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: Jim and Jane rambled through the shops until closing time.
2. To take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path: The trail seemed to ramble over the hills and along the stream.
3. To grow in a random, unsystematic fashion: The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks.
4. To talk or to write in an irrelevant, aimless way: The speaker rambled on with one anecdote or humorous incident after another one.
5. To walk aimlessly or idly over or through a geographical area: Bryan spent the spring afternoon rambling on the woodland paths.
6. To go for walks without a definite purpose that are taken merely for pleasure: When Lucinda and Kevin go on their holidays, they like to ramble across the countryside making discoveries as they meander around.

Written or spoken words that go from one topic to another one without any apparent organization: The visiting speaker may have had a stroke because his ramblings were not normal for him.

1. A reference to a large building that has a great number of rooms: The people were amazed when they saw the old rambling building out on the farm.
2. Without a specific purpose, direction, or objective: The family decided to go on a rambling vacation across the country instead of planning any specific places to visit.

The weatherman presented a rambling lecture about the extreme weather conditions that were taking place during the summer.