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English verb: rove | |||
| 1. | rove (motion) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | They rove the countryside, They rove in the countryside | ||
| Synonyms | cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gad, gallivant, jazz around, maunder | ||
| Verb group | drift, err, stray, wander | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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