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rove
1[ rohv ]
verb (used without object)
- to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, especially over a wide area.
Synonyms: , ,
verb (used with object)
- to wander over or through; traverse:
to rove the woods.
noun
- an act or instance of roving.
rove
2[ rohv ]
verb
- a simple past tense and past participle of reeve 2.
rove
3[ rohv ]
verb (used with object)
- to form (slivers of wool, cotton, etc.) into slightly twisted strands in a preparatory process of spinning.
- to draw fibers or the like through an eye or other small opening.
- to attenuate, compress, and twist slightly in carding.
noun
- British. roving 2.
rove
1/ əʊ /
verb
- to wander about (a place) with no fixed direction; roam
- intr (of the eyes) to look around; wander
- have a roving eyeto show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
- intr Australian rules football to play as a rover
noun
- the act of roving
rove
2/ əʊ /
verb
- tr to pull out and twist (fibres of wool, cotton, etc) lightly, as before spinning or in carding
noun
- wool, cotton, etc, thus prepared
rove
3/ əʊ /
noun
- a metal plate through which a rivet is passed and then clenched over
rove
4/ əʊ /
verb
- a past tense and past participle of reeve 2
Word History and Origins
Origin of rove1
Origin of rove2
Word History and Origins
Origin of rove1
Origin of rove2
Origin of rove3
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.
A roving, sumptuous narrative entrenched in the labyrinthine relationships of a small southern Italian town, “My Brilliant Friend” follows Lila and Elena, schoolgirls growing up in postwar Naples.
Musk, whose band of roving nerd-assassins is conducting something like a large-scale Stalinist show trial of the entire federal bureaucracy, called Navarro a “moron” who was “dumber than a sack of bricks.”
In the Mournes, Mr Fisher said rove beetles and other insects "support the skylarks and the meadow pipits that come from the lowlands to nest up in the uplands during this time of year".
CBS has asked the Federal Communications Commission to end its investigation into edits of its “60 Minutes” Kamala Harris interview, arguing that the federal government risks becoming “a roving censor” trampling on free speech rights.
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