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• Rove — Rove, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roving}.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See {Reave}, {Rob}.] 1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.] Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rove — rove1 [rōv] vi. roved, roving [ME roven, orig. an archery term as vt. < ?] 1. to wander about; go from place to place, esp. over an extensive area, with no particular course or destination; roam 2. to look around: said of the eyes vt. to… …   English World dictionary

• rove — [[t]ro͟ʊv[/t]] roves, roving, roved 1) VERB If someone roves about an area or roves an area, they wander around it. [LITERARY] [V prep/adv] ...roving about the town in the dead of night and seeing something peculiar. [V n] ...organised anti… …   English dictionary

• rove — I [[t]roʊv[/t]] v. roved, rov•ing, n. 1) to wander about without definite destination; move here and there at random, esp. over a wide area 2) to wander over or through; traverse 3) an act of roving • Etymology: 1490–1500; orig., to shoot at a… …   From formal English to slang

• rove — rove1 /rohv/, v., roved, roving, n. v.i. 1. to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, esp. over a wide area. v.t. 2. to wander over or through; traverse: to rove the woods. n. 3. an act or instance of roving …   Universalium

• rove — I. /roʊv / (say rohv) verb (roved, roving) –verb (i) 1. to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, especially over a wide area. 2. to wander, as the eyes, mind, etc. 3. Australian Rules to act as a rover.… …  

• rove — Synonyms and related words: Wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, bat around, bum, bumming, count ties, discursion, divagate, divagation, drift, drifting, err, errantry, excurse, flit, flitting, gad, gad about, gadding, gallivant, go about, go… …   Moby Thesaurus

• rove — v wander about, meander, ramble, straggle, roam, stray, range, drift; move hither and thither, go from pillar to post, cruise, gad about, flit, go aimlessly; Inf. knock about, Sl. bum around, Inf. run around, gallivant, jaunt; walk, stroll,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• rove — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. wander, ramble, meander. See deviation, travel. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. walk, meander, wander; see roam . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. ramble, wander, roam, range, drift, stray, meander, gad… …   English dictionary for students