Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to amble
Participle: ambled
Gerund: ambling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | amble |
| you | amble |
| he;she;it | ambles |
| we | amble |
| you | amble |
| they | amble |
Perfect
| I | have ambled |
| you | have ambled |
| he;she;it | has ambled |
| we | have ambled |
| you | have ambled |
| they | have ambled |
Past
| I | ambled |
| you | ambled |
| he;she;it | ambled |
| we | ambled |
| you | ambled |
| they | ambled |
Pluperfect
| I | had ambled |
| you | had ambled |
| he;she;it | had ambled |
| we | had ambled |
| you | had ambled |
| they | had ambled |
Future
| I | will amble |
| you | will amble |
| he;she;it | will amble |
| we | will amble |
| you | will amble |
| they | will amble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ambled |
| you | will have ambled |
| he;she;it | will have ambled |
| we | will have ambled |
| you | will have ambled |
| they | will have ambled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | amble |
| you | amble |
| he;she;it | amble |
| we | amble |
| you | amble |
| they | amble |
Perfect
| I | have ambled |
| you | have ambled |
| he;she;it | have ambled |
| we | have ambled |
| you | have ambled |
| they | have ambled |
Imperfect
| I | ambled |
| you | ambled |
| he;she;it | ambled |
| we | ambled |
| you | ambled |
| they | ambled |
Pluperfect
| I | had ambled |
| you | had ambled |
| he;she;it | had ambled |
| we | had ambled |
| you | had ambled |
| they | had ambled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would amble |
| you | would amble |
| he;she;it | would amble |
| we | would amble |
| you | would amble |
| they | would amble |
Perfect
| I | would have ambled |
| you | would have ambled |
| he;she;it | would have ambled |
| we | would have ambled |
| you | would have ambled |
| they | would have ambled |
Imperative
| you | amble |
| we | Let's amble |
| you | amble |
Verbs conjugated like 'amble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'amble'
able,
famble,
gamble,
hamble,
ramble,
wamble,
addle,
amate,
amaze,
amber,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1386, from O.Fr.
ambler "walk as a horse does," from L.
ambulare "to walk," a compound of
ambi- "around" (see ambi-) and
-ulare, from PIE base
*el- "to go." Until 1596 used only of horses or persons on horseback.
2. From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“to walk”). Doublet of ambulate. See: Middle English '
amblen', Old French '
ambler', Old Occitan '
amblar', Latin '
ambulō'.
Sample Sentences
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‘I should think it was, ma’am, ’ I rejoined. The old lady kissed her hand, gave another skip, smirked and sidled down the gallery in a most extraordinary manner, and ambled gracefully into her own bed-chamber.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Mr. Wilson, a good-natured but extremely fidgety and cautious old gentleman, ambled up and down the room, appearing, as John Bunyan hath it, “ much tumbled up and down in his mind, ” and divided between his wish to help George, and a certain confused notion of maintaining law and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)