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Definition of Rove
1. Verb. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. "They rove in the countryside"; "They rolled from town to town"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Maunder, Gad, Gallivant, Jazz Around
Related verbs: Drift, Err, Stray, Wander
Derivative terms: Drifter, Drifting, Ramble, Rambler, Roamer, Roving, Stray, Strayer, Tramp, Vagabond, Vagabond, Vagabondage, Wanderer, Wandering
Definition of Rove
1. v. t. To draw through an eye or aperture.
2. n. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
3. v. i. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
4. v. t. To wander over or through.
5. n. The act of wandering; a ramble.
Definition of Rove
1. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at). ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To card wool or other fibres. ¹
4. Verb. (simple past of rive) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rove
1. to roam [v ROVED, ROVING, ROVES] - See also: roam
Medical Definition of Rove
1.
1. To wander over or through. "Roving the field, i chanced A goodly tree far distant to behold." (milton)
2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
The act of wandering; a ramble. "In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rove
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