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amble
am·ble / ˈambəl/ • v. [intr.] walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace: they ambled along the riverbank he ambled into the foyer. • n. a walk at a slow, relaxed pace, esp. for pleasure: a peaceful riverside amble. DERIVATIVES: am·bler / -blər/ n. |
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"amble." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "amble." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-amble.html "amble." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-amble.html |
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amble sb. and vb. (orig. denoting distinctive pace of a horse). XIV. —(O)F. amble sb. and its source ambler vb. — Pr. amblar :- L. ambulāre walk.
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T. F. HOAD. "amble." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "amble." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-amble.html T. F. HOAD. "amble." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-amble.html |
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Amble
Amble Northum. Ambell 1204, Anebell 1256. Probably ‘promontory of a man called *Amma or Anna’. OE pers. name + bile.
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A. D. MILLS. "Amble." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Amble." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Amble.html A. D. MILLS. "Amble." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Amble.html |
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amble
•babble, bedabble, dabble, drabble, gabble, grabble, rabble, scrabble
•amble, bramble, Campbell, gamble, gambol, ramble, scramble, shamble
•psychobabble • technobabble
•barbel, garble, marble
•pebble, rebel, treble
•assemble, dissemble, Kemble, resemble, tremble
•Abel, able, Babel, cable, enable, fable, gable, label, Mabel, sable, stable, table
•enfeeble, feeble, Keble
•dibble, dribble, fribble, Gribble, kibble, nibble, quibble, scribble
•Abu Simbel, cymbal, gimbal, nimble, symbol, thimble, timbal
•mandible
•credible, edible
•descendible, extendible, vendible
•audible
•frangible, tangible
•illegible, legible
•eligible, intelligible
•negligible • dirigible • corrigible
•submergible • fallible • indelible
•gullible
•cannibal, Hannibal
•discernible • terrible • horrible
•thurible
•irascible, passible
•expansible • collapsible • impassible
•accessible, compressible, impressible, inexpressible, irrepressible, repressible
•flexible
•apprehensible, comprehensible, defensible, distensible, extensible, ostensible, reprehensible, sensible
•indexible
•admissible, dismissible, immiscible, impermissible, irremissible, miscible, omissible, permissible, remissible, transmissible
•convincible, vincible
•compossible, impossible, possible
•irresponsible, responsible
•forcible
•adducible, crucible, deducible, inducible, irreducible, producible, reducible, seducible
•coercible, irreversible, reversible, submersible
•biocompatible, compatible
•contractible • partible
•indefectible, perfectible
•contemptible
•imperceptible, perceptible, susceptible
•comestible, digestible, suggestible
•irresistible, resistible
•exhaustible
•conductible, deductible, destructible, tax-deductible
•corruptible, interruptible
•combustible
•controvertible, convertible, invertible
•discerptible • persuasible • feasible
•divisible, risible, visible
•implausible, plausible
•fusible
•Bible, intertribal, libel, scribal, tribal
•bobble, Chernobyl, cobble, gobble, hobble, knobble, nobble, squabble, wobble
•ensemble
•bauble, corbel, warble
•coble, ennoble, Froebel, global, Grenoble, ignoble, noble
•foible • rouble • Hasdrubal • chasuble
•soluble, voluble
•bubble, double, Hubble, nubble, rubble, stubble, trouble
•bumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, humble, jumble, mumble, rough-and-tumble, rumble, scumble, stumble, tumble, umbel
•payable, sayable
•seeable, skiable
•amiable
•dyeable, flyable, friable, liable, pliable, triable, viable
•towable
•doable, suable, wooable
•affable • effable • exigible • cascabel
•takable • likable • salable • tenable
•tunable • capable • dupable
•arable, parable
•curable, durable
•taxable
•fixable, mixable
•actable • collectible
•datable, hatable
•eatable
•notable, potable
•mutable • savable • livable • movable
•lovable • equable • sizable • usable
•burble, herbal, verbal
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"amble." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "amble." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-amble.html "amble." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-amble.html |
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