Rove
11rove — 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… …
12Rove — Rove, s. Galläpfel …
13rove — index digress, perambulate, prowl Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14rove — *wander, stray, roam, ramble, range, prowl, gad, gallivant, traipse, meander …
15Röve — s. ⇨ Rübe …
16rove — ► VERB 1) travel constantly without a fixed destination; wander. 2) (of eyes) look around in all directions. ORIGIN originally an archery term in the sense «shoot at a casual mark of undetermined range»: perhaps from dialect rave «to stray» …
17rove — UK [rəʊv] / US [roʊv] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms rove : present tense I/you/we/they rove he/she/it roves present participle roving past tense roved past participle roved mainly literary 1) to move around an area without a definite… …
18rove — 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… …
19rove — 1. v. & n. v. 1 intr. wander without a settled destination, roam, ramble. 2 intr. (of eyes) look in changing directions. 3 tr. wander over or through. n. an act of roving (on the rove). Phrases and idioms: rove beetle any long bodied beetle of… …
20Rove — Reeve Reeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, n. & v. t.] (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like. [1913 Webster] …
