to walk at an amble

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• Amble (disambiguation) — Amble may refer to: *Amble, a seaport town on the North Sea coast in Northumberland, England *Amble, a small village in the middle of Michigan *Chapel Amble, a small hamlet in Cornwall, England *Lars Amble (born 1938), Swedish actor and director… …   Wikipedia

• Amble — Am ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ambling}.] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb , ambi , and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. ? to go, E. base. Cf. {Ambulate}.] 1. To go at the easy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• amble — (v.) early 14c., from O.Fr. ambler walk as a horse does, from L. ambulare to walk, to go about, take a walk, perhaps a compound of ambi around (see AMBI (Cf. ambi )) and ulare, from PIE root *el to go (Cf. Gk. ale wandering, alaomai …   Etymology dictionary

• amble — ► VERB ▪ walk or move at a leisurely pace. ► NOUN ▪ a leisurely walk. ORIGIN Latin ambulare to walk …   English terms dictionary

• amble — [am′bəl] vi. ambled, ambling [ME amblen < OFr ambler < L ambulare, to walk < ambi , AMBI + IE base * al , wander] 1. to move at a smooth, easy gait by raising first both legs on one side, then both on the other: said of a horse, etc. 2.… …   English World dictionary

• walk — [n1] brief travel on foot airing, carriage, circuit, constitutional, gait, hike, jaunt, march, pace, parade, perambulation, peregrination, promenade, ramble, saunter, schlepp*, step, stretch, stride, stroll, tour, traipse, tramp, tread, turn;… …   New thesaurus

• amble — [v] walk casually ankle*, boogie*, dawdle, drift, gander*, hoof it*, loiter, meander, mosey*, percolate*, ramble, sashay*, saunter, stroll, toddle*, wander; concept 151 Ant. run …   New thesaurus

• walk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ramble, stroll, promenade, wander, saunter, travel(on foot), march, parade, tramp, hike, constitutional (inf.); path[way]; gait, carriage, tread, pace, step; calling, occupation; sphere, province,… …   English dictionary for students

• walk — 1. verb 1) they walked along the road Syn: stroll, saunter, amble, trudge, plod, dawdle, hike, tramp, tromp, slog, stomp, trek, march, stride, sashay, glide, troop, patrol …   Thesaurus of popular words

• amble — am|ble [ˈæmbəl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ambler, from Latin ambulare to walk ] to walk slowly in a relaxed way = ↑saunter ▪ An old man came out and ambled over for a chat. >amble n [singular] ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• amble — UK [ˈæmb(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms amble : present tense I/you/we/they amble he/she/it ambles present participle ambling past tense ambled past participle ambled to walk in a slow relaxed way Visitors can amble along miles of… …   English dictionary