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roam  (rm)

v. roamed, roam·ing, roams

v.intr.

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

v.tr.

To wander over or through: roamed the streets.

n.

The act or an instance of roaming.

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[Middle English romen.]

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roamer n.

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roam [rəʊm]

vb

to travel or walk about with no fixed purpose or direction; wander

n

the act of roaming

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roamer  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

roam - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" rove, stray, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" maunder - wander aimlessly gad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasure drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

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roam

verb wander, walk, range, travel, drift, stroll, stray, ramble, prowl, meander, rove, stravaig (Scot. & Northern English dialect), peregrinate They were encouraged not to let their cattle roam freely.

Translations

roam [rəʊm]

A. VT [+ streets etc] → rondar, vagar por

B. VI [person etc] → vagar, errar; [thoughts] → divagar

roam about roam around VI + ADV → andar sin rumbo fijo

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roam [ˈrəʊm]

vi → errer, vagabonder
to roam free [animal] → se promener en liberté; [convicted criminal] → se promener en liberté

vt [+ world, countryside] → parcourir
to roam the streets [tourists] → se promener dans les rues; [gangs, thugs] → rôder dans les rues

roam around

vi → traîner

vt fus [+ house] → errer dans; [+ neighbourhood, town] → traîner dans

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roam

vt streets, countryside → wandern or ziehen durch; to roam the (seven) seas → die sieben Meere durchkreuzen; to roam the streets (child, dog) → (in den Straßen) herumstreunen; to roam the earth/world → durch die Welt ziehen

vi → (herum)wandern; (hum, hands) → wandern, sich verirren

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roam [rəʊm]

1. vt (streets) → vagabondare per, gironzolare per, vagare per

2. vi (person) → vagabondare, errare, gironzolare; (thoughts) → vagare

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roam [rəʊm]

1. vt (streets) → vagabondare per, gironzolare per, vagare per

2. vi (person) → vagabondare, errare, gironzolare; (thoughts) → vagare

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roam

v roam [rəum]

to walk about without any fixed plan or purpose; to wander He roamed from town to town; He roamed (over) the hills. swerf يَطوف، يَجول скитам (се) toulat se flakke omkring stromern περιπλανιέμαι errar, vagar hulkuma پرسه زدن kuljeskella errer לִנדוֹד घूमना-फिरना lutati, ići bez cilja kóborol berkelana reika, flakka vagare 歩き回る 돌아다니다 bastytis, klajoti klejot; klaiņot merayau zwerven flakke/streife/farte omkring wędrować, włóczyć się vaguear a hoinări бродить túlať sa potepati se lutati ströva omkring, vandra ตะลอนเที่ยว aylak aylak dolaşmak, sürtmek 漫遊，閑逛 мандрувати; блукати بے مقصد پھرنا đi lang thang 漫游，闲逛

n roamer

swerwer طَوّاف، جَوّال скитник tulák, -čka omflakkende person der/die Herumstromer(in) περιπλανώμενος vagabundo hulkuja ولگرد vaeltaja vagabond/-onde נוֹדֵד भ्रमण करना, घूमना lutalica csavargó pengelana flækingur vagabondo 歩き回る人 정처없이 걷는 사람; 방랑자 bastūnas, klajūnas klejotājs; klaidonis perayau zwerver omstreifer wędrowiec, włóczęga vagabundo vagabond бродяга tulák, -čka potepuh lutalica vandrare, kringströvande ผู้ที่ตะลอนเที่ยวไปโดยไร้จุดหมาย aylak dolaşan kimse, gezgin 漫遊者 мандрівник مٹر گشتی کرنے والا người đi lang thang 漫游者