rove¹ Definition
rove (rōv)
intransitive verb roved, rov′·ing
- to wander about; go from place to place, esp. over an extensive area, with no particular course or destination; roam
- to look around: said of the eyes
Etymology: ME roven, orig. an archery term as vt. < ?
transitive verb
to wander over; roam through to rove the woods
noun
the act of roving; a ramble
rove² Definition
rove (rōv)
transitive verb roved, rov′·ing
to twist (fibers) together and draw out into roving before spinning
Etymology: < ?
noun
Brit. roving
rove³ Definition
rove (rōv)
transitive verb
rove Synonyms
rove Usage Examples
Object
- reporter: To find out we told YS's roving reporter, Phil South, to go to hell.
- pundit: Bono: Sadly, the Irish roving rock pundit has been keeping a bit of a low profile recently.
- ambassador: Home to Her Majesty The Queen, and roving ambassador for Great Britain for over forty years.
- microphone: The discussion will then be opened up to the floor, where there will be roving microphones.
- rep: Hazards roving reps and safety reps news and resources.
- patrol: Infantry units are used to man observation posts and gates and to conduct roving patrols.
Converse of object
- think: I think Rove will walk, thumbing his nose at the pile of corpses he helped to create.
- call: Bush calls Rove, depending on his mood, ' Boy Genius ' or ' Turd Blossom ' .
- do: DAVID GREGORY: Did Karl Rove commit a crime?
Adjective modifier
Karl: Bush could no more turn himself into a man of the people than he could turn Karl Rove into a frog.
Modifies a noun
- beetle: A typical rove beetle with short elytra, leaving most of the abdomen exposed.
- farm: Roves Farm is at the end of the mile long gravel lane - it is exactly a mile, although sometimes it feels longer!
Modifying Another Word
- no: There were NO roving microphones and it became hard to hear other audience members.
- just: Prevention of trespass is the responsibility of the landowner, not the Council or Police Aren't all Gypsies/Travellers just roving criminals?
Followed by a transitive particle
around: This team is roving around the regions to listen to the caving population - to listen to YOUR views.
Browse dictionary entries near rove
- ‹ roux
- ‹ routinize
- ‹ routinism
- ‹ routinier
- ‹ Routing Information Protocol
- ‹ routing by rumor
- ‹ Routing and Traceroute Tool
- ‹ routing
- ‹ routine
- ‹ Routers
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- Rowbotham, Sheila ›

