amble
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- noun
- /ˈæmbl/
:
paseo
- The next two snapshots were taken during my amble along Maggie's Run.
- a leisurely amble
Examples
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After dinner, we enjoyed a pleasant amble through the park, admiring the sunset.
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On warm weekends, families often go for an amble along the riverbank.
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These days I usually walk from my apartment in Greenwich Village up to midtown on the East Side to eat, an amble about three miles long.
Academic text (1990) -
After school, I curried Skylark's flanks until my mother was ready for our amble along a stony road at the side of a hayfield.
Fiction book (1996) -
She decided to take a leisurely amble through the flower garden to relax.
Synonyms
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A slow easy walk taken for pleasure
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A walk in the countryside for pleasure with no fixed route
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A slow relaxed walk that someone takes for pleasure
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A slow walk for pleasure in a public place
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A slow, relaxed walk in a public place like a park
How Leisurely
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word amble comes from the Latin ambulare, meaning 'to walk', and has the same root as ambulance, a word about moving people. So an amble is a slow, relaxed walk for pleasure.