amble | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll |
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(verb) walk leisurely | Synonyms: mosey |
ambler | (noun) someone who walks at a leisurely pace | Synonyms: saunterer, stroller |
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amblygonite | (noun) a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium | - |
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amblyopia | (noun) visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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amblyopic | (adjective) pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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bramble | (noun) any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines | - |
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brambling | (noun) Eurasian finch | Synonyms: Fringilla montifringilla |
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brambly | (adjective) covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth | Synonyms: braky |
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gamble | (noun) a risky act or venture | - |
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(noun) money that is risked for possible monetary gain | - |
(verb) play games for money | - |
(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
gambler | (noun) a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events | - |
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(noun) someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement | Synonyms: risk taker |
gambling | (adjective) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | Synonyms: betting, card-playing, dissipated, sporting |
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(noun) the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) | Synonyms: gaming, play |
lamblike | (adjective) like a lamb in meekness and gentleness | - |
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preamble | (noun) a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose) | - |
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(verb) make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document | - |
ramble | (noun) an aimless amble on a winding course | Synonyms: meander |
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(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
(verb) continue talking or writing in a desultory manner | Synonyms: jog, ramble on |
rambler | (noun) a person who takes long walks in the country | - |
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(noun) a person whose speech or writing is not well organized | - |
rambling | (adjective) of a path e.g. | Synonyms: meandering, wandering, winding |
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(adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: digressive, discursive, excursive |
(adjective) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly | Synonyms: sprawling, straggling, straggly |
ramblingly | (adverb) in a rambling manner | Synonyms: discursively |
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scramble | (noun) rushing about hastily in an undignified way | Synonyms: scamper, scurry |
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(noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | Synonyms: scuffle |
(verb) make unintelligible | - |
(verb) bring into random order | Synonyms: jumble, throw together |
(verb) stir vigorously | Synonyms: beat |
(verb) to move hurriedly | - |
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle |
scrambled | (adjective) thrown together in a disorderly fashion | - |
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scrambler | (noun) electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception | - |
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(noun) a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground | Synonyms: dirt bike, trail bike |
(noun) a rapid mover; someone who scrambles | - |
shamble | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shambling, shuffle, shuffling |
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(verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: scuffle, shuffle |
shambles | (noun) a building where animals are butchered | Synonyms: abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse |
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(noun) a condition of great disorder | - |
shambling | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shuffle, shuffling |
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unscramble | (verb) make intelligible | - |
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(verb) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of | Synonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, untangle |
wamble | (verb) move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion | Synonyms: waggle |
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