Sekirov Dictionary

rove

UK /ɹəʊv/US /ɹoʊv/

verb 8
noun 3
forms 5

verb8

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To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- Now that he was in his prime, there was no simian in all the mighty forest through which he roved that dared contest his right to rule, nor did the other and larger animals molest him. — 1912
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To roam or wander through.
- Roving the field, I chanced / A goodly tree far distant to behold. — 1667
To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
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To card wool or other fibres.
- Although both [flax and wool] must be roved and spun upon similar principles, each requires peculiar modifications in its machinery. — 1835
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
To draw through an eye or aperture.
To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
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(no longer used) To shoot with arrows (at).
- And thou […] that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue […] — 1590

noun3

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The act of wandering; a ramble.
- In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. — 1745
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.

forms

roved · roving · roves · roveth · rovest

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