roam

(rōm)

v. roamed, roam·ing, roams

v.intr.

1. To move about without purpose or plan; wander. See Synonyms at wander.

2. To turn the attention from one subject to another with little clarity or coherence of thought: I could hear the speaker, but my thoughts were roaming.

a. To move or pass over the body: His hands roamed over her body.

b. To be directed without apparent purpose; look in an idle or casual manner: Her eyes roamed around the room.

4. To use a cell phone network outside of a home service area as defined by a service plan.

v.tr.

1. To wander over or through: roamed the streets.

2. To be directed over or around (an area): Her gaze roamed the beach.

The act or an instance of roaming.

[Middle English romen.]

roam′er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

roamer

Grids constructed to common map scales used for determination of map coordinates.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

roamer - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

bird of passage, rover, wanderer

traveler, traveller - a person who changes location

nomad - a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

drifter, vagrant, vagabond, floater - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

Translations

طَوّاف، جَوّال

-čkatulák

flækingur

aylak dolaşan kimsegezgin

漫游者

roamer

[ˈrəʊməʳ] N → hombre m errante, andariego m; (= tramp) → vagabundo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

roamer

n → Vagabund(in) m(f); (= dog) → Herumstreuner m; (= child) → Stromer m (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

roam

(rəum) verb

to walk about without any fixed plan or purpose; to wander. He roamed from town to town; He roamed (over) the hills.

ˈroamer noun

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References in classic literature

On its stern, in gold letters, they read Roamer. On top of the cabin, basking in the sunshine, lay a man and woman, the latter with a pink scarf around her head.

It was the second time in her life that Saxon had been in a small boat, and the Roamer was the first yacht she had ever been on board.

Billy was impressed by the ease with which the Roamer was operated.

As the Roamer passed the mouth of Montezuma Slough and entered the Sacramento, they came upon Collinsville close at hand.

The Roamer slipped through the smooth water, past steamboat wharves, landing stages, and warehouses.

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Mr Devey said: "This alone should be more than enough to keep even the most ardent roamer happy for years, but there are also areas of land that you cannot simply wander across, including some land that may be shown as open access land on a map, but remains private.

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As per the PTA policy, a foreign roamer is allowed to continue using foreign SIMs without any time limit and without getting CoC from PTA.

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Hodge's first Texas ancestor, Perry Wilson, was a typical mid-19th-century roamer, making perilous journeys to California and Arizona as well as Texas.

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