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Amble

//ˈæm.bəl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town, harbour, and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2604).
  2. 2
    A minor river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the River Camel estuary (OS grid ref SW9974).
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Winfield Township, Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

    "slow amble"

  2. 2
    a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) wordnet
  3. 3
    An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
  4. 4
    That which follows the preamble, by analogy.
Verb
  1. 1
    To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. intransitive

    "amble through the park"

  2. 2
    walk leisurely wordnet
  3. 3
    Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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