Definition of rove Rove

/ɹowˈv/ - [rowv] - rove

We found 20 definitions of rove from 5 different sources.

What does rove mean?

Verb roves, roving, roved
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"
		roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, range, drift, vagabond
		locomote, travel, move, go 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
		err, stray, drift to make a mistake or be incorrect
		wander go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

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rove (Noun)
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
rove (Noun)
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
rove (Verb)
To shoot with arrows at.
rove (Verb)
To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
rove (Verb)
To card wool or other fibres.

rove (imp. & p. p.)
of Reeve
rove (v. t.)
To draw through an eye or aperture.
rove (v. t.)
To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
rove (v. t.)
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
rove (n.)
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
rove (n.)
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
rove (v. i.)
To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
rove (v. i.)
Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
rove (v. i.)
To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
rove (v. t.)
To wander over or through.
rove (v. t.)
To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
rove (n.)
The act of wandering; a ramble.

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