rove
verb
[ rəʊv ]
• travel constantly without a fixed destination; wander.
• "he spent most of the 1990s roving about the Caribbean"
Similar:
wander,
roam,
ramble,
drift,
meander,
go hither and thither,
maunder,
range,
travel about,
gallivant,
stravaig,
streel,
vagabond,
circumambulate,
peregrinate,
rove
noun
• a journey, especially one with no specific destination; an act of wandering.
• "a new exhibit will electrify campuses on its national rove"
Origin:
late 15th century (originally a term in archery in the sense ‘shoot at a casual mark of undetermined range’): perhaps from dialect rave ‘to stray’, probably of Scandinavian origin.
rove
noun
• a sliver of cotton, wool, or other fibre, drawn out and slightly twisted, especially preparatory to spinning.
rove
verb
• form (slivers of wool, cotton, or other fibre) into roves.
Origin:
late 17th century (as verb): origin uncertain.
rove
noun
• a small metal plate or ring for a rivet to pass through and be clenched over, especially in boatbuilding.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse ró, with the addition of parasitic -v- .
rove
verb
• past and past participle of reeve2.
reeve
verb
• thread (a rope or rod) through a ring or other aperture.
• "one end of the new rope was reeved through the chain"
Origin:
early 17th century: probably from Dutch reven ‘reef (a sail)’ (see reef2).
