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rove ¹  (rv)

v. roved, rov·ing, roves

v.intr.

To wander about at random, especially over a wide area; roam.

v.tr.

To roam or wander around, over, or through. See Synonyms at wander.

n.

An act of wandering about, over, around, or through.

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[Middle English roven, to shoot arrows at a mark.]

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rove ²  (rv)

tr.v. roved, rov·ing, roves

1. To card (wool).

2. To put (fibers) through an eye or opening.

3. To stretch and twist (fibers) before spinning; ravel out.

n.

A slightly twisted and extended fiber or sliver.

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[Origin unknown.]

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rove ³  (rv)

v. Nautical

A past tense and a past participle of reeve².

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rove¹

vb

1. to wander about (a place) with no fixed direction; roam

2. (intr) (of the eyes) to look around; wander

have a roving eye to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex

4. (Team Sports / Australian Rules Football) (intr) Australian Rules football to play as a rover

n

the act of roving

[C15 roven (in archery) to shoot at a target chosen at random (C16: to wander, stray), from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic rāfa to wander]

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rove²

vb

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (tr) to pull out and twist (fibres of wool, cotton, etc.) lightly, as before spinning or in carding

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) wool, cotton, etc., thus prepared

[of obscure origin]

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rove³

n

a metal plate through which a rivet is passed and then clenched over

[from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic ro]

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rove⁴

vb

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a past tense and past participle of reeve²

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

rove - 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" roam, 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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rove

verb wander, range, cruise, drift, stroll, stray, roam, ramble, meander, traipse (informal), go walkabout (Austral.), gallivant, gad about, stravaig (Scot. & Northern English dialect) roving about the town in the dead of night

Translations

rove [rəʊv]

A. VT → vagar or errar por, recorrer

B. VI → vagar, errar
his eye roved over the room → recorrió la habitación con la vista

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rove [ˈrəʊv]

vt [+ area, streets] → sillonner; [+ world] → sillonner

vi [eyes]
Agnew's eyes roved, taking everything in → Agnew promenait le regard, sans perdre le moindre détail.

rove about

rove around vt fus [+ place] [person] → sillonner; [eyes] → parcourir
roving reporter n → reporter m volant

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rove

vi (person) → umherwandern or -ziehen; (eyes) → umherwandern or -schweifen; to rove over something (eyes) → über etw (acc) → schweifen or wandern

vt countryside, streets → wandern or ziehen durch, durchwandern or -ziehen

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rove

v rove [rəuv]

to wander; to roam He roved (through) the streets. swerf يَطوف، يَجول скитам toulat se strejfe (om) schweifen περιπλανιέμαι vagar, errar hulkuma پرسه زدن samota vagabonder לְשוֹטֵט घूमना tumarati, potucati se barangol mengembara ráfa (um) vagare, vagabondare うろつく 방황하다 bastytis, klajoti klejot; klaiņot merayau zwerven vandre omkring, flakke, streife włóczyć się vaguear a hoinări бродить túlať sa klatiti se tumarati ströva omkring, vandra ร่อนเร่พเนจร aylak aylak dolaşmak, başıboş gezinmek 漫遊，流浪 блукати آوارہ گردی کرنا đi lang thang 漫游，流浪

n rover

swerwer جَوّال، طَوّاف скитник tulák, -čka omstrejfer ruheloser Wanderer περιπλανώμενος vagabundo hulkuja ولگرد؛ عیار؛ دزد دریایی vaeltaja vagabond/-onde נוֹדֵד घूमने वाला, पर्यटक, घुमक्कड़ lutalac, skitnica kóborló pengembara flakkari girovago, giramondo うろつく人 유랑자, 표류자; 배회하는 사람 bastūnas, klajūnas klejotājs perayau zwerver vandrer, omstreifer włóczęga vadio hoinar, vagabond бродяга tulák, -čka potepuh tumaralo vandrare, person som för en kringflackande tillvaro คนร่อนเร่พเนจร serseri, avare 流浪者 мандрівник آوارہ گرد người đi lang thang 流浪者

adj roving

a roving band of robbers. swerwend, rondlopend مُتَجَوِّل، طائِف скитнически potulný omstrejfende umherschweifend αλήτικος, περιπλανωμένος errante ringiliikuv ولگرد kiertelevä vagabond מְשוֹטֵט pokretan, putujući vándorló berkeliaran flakkandi, flökku- girovago, errante うろつく 방랑하는 klajojantis klaiņojošs rayau rondtrekkend omflakkende wędrowny, włóczący się errante hoinar бродячий potulný potepuški lutajući kringströvande ร่อนเร่ aylak aylak dolaşan, avare 四處流浪的 блукаючий اندھا دھند đi khắp nơi 游动的