rove

rove ¹

 (rōv)

v. roved, rov·ing, roves

v.intr.

1. To wander about, especially over a wide area; roam. See Synonyms at wander.

2. To be directed without apparent purpose; look in an idle or casual manner: His gazed roved over the faces in the crowd.

v.tr.

1. To roam or wander around, over, or through: Vikings roved the seas.

2. To look at or around (an area) in an idle or casual manner: Her eyes roved the room.

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

 (rōv)

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.

See roving.

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[Origin unknown.]

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rove ³

 (rōv)

v. Nautical

A past tense and a past participle of reeve².

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rove

(rəʊv)

vb

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

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

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

4. (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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rove

(rəʊv)

vb

(Textiles) (tr) to pull out and twist (fibres of wool, cotton, etc) lightly, as before spinning or in carding

n

(Textiles) wool, cotton, etc, thus prepared

[C18: of obscure origin]

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rove

(rəʊv)

n

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

[C15: from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic ro]

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rove

(rəʊv)

vb

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

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rove¹

(roʊv)

v. roved, rov•ing,
n. v.i.

1. to wander about without definite destination; move here and there at random, esp. over a wide area.

v.t.

2. to wander over or through; traverse.

n.

3. an act of roving.

[1490–1500; orig., to shoot at a random target]

rove²

(roʊv)

v.

a pt. and pp. of reeve ².

rove³

(roʊv)

v.t. roved, rov•ing.

to form (slivers of wool, cotton, etc.) into slightly twisted strands in a preparatory process of spinning.

[1780–90; of obscure orig.]

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rove

Past participle: roved
Gerund: roving

Imperative

rove

rove

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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

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rove

verb

To move about at random, especially over a wide area:

drift, gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, stray, traipse, wander.

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Translations

يَطوف، يَجول

toulat se

strejfe

schweifen

vagabonder

barangol

ráfa

andare in girovagabondare

klajojantis

klaiņotklejot

vandre omkring

aylak aylak dolaşmakbaşıboş gezinmek

流浪漫游

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] → parcourirroving 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

(rəuv) verb

to wander; to roam. He roved (through) the streets. swerf يَطوف، يَجول скитам vaguear toulat se schweifen strejfe (om) περιπλανιέμαιvagar, 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 zwervenvandre omkring, flakke, streifewłóczyć się خوشی ګرځیدل 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

ˈrover noun

swerwer جَوّال، طَوّاف скитник malandro / vagabundo tulák, -čka ruheloser Wanderer omstrejfer περιπλανώμενος vagabundo hulkuja ولگرد؛ عیار؛ دزد دریایی samooja vagabond/-onde נודד घूमने वाला, पर्यटक, घुमक्कड़ lutalac, skitnica kóborló pengembara flakkari girovago, giramondo うろつく人 해적 bastūnas, klajūnas klejotājs perayau zwervervandrer, omstreiferwłóczęga ولګرد، کوڅه ډبی 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

ˈroving adjective

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

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