adjective
spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
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- sprawling handwriting
- straggling branches
- straggly hair
adjective
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
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- amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
- a rambling discursive book
- his excursive remarks
- a rambling speech about this and that
adjective
of a path e.g.
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- meandering streams
- rambling forest paths
- the river followed its wandering course
- a winding country road
verb
continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
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- This novel rambles on and jogs
verb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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- The gypsies roamed the woods
- roving vagabonds
- the wandering Jew
- The cattle roam across the prairie
- the laborers drift from one town to the next
- They rolled from town to town