amble

From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“I walk”).^[1] Doublet of ambulate.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.bəl/

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• Rhymes: -æmbəl

amble (plural ambles)

1. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
2. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
3. (computing) That which follows the preamble, by analogy.

amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)

1. (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

   amble through the park

2. (intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.

• (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter

• ambler
• amblingly

• ambulate
• ambulance
• ambulatory

• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba

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amble

1. inflection of ambler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• blâme, blâmé

amble

1. inflection of amblar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative