ROVE
\ɹˈə͡ʊv], \ɹˈəʊv], \ɹ_ˈəʊ_v]\
Definitions of ROVE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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".
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To draw through an eye or aperture.
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To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
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A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
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A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
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To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
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Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
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To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
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To wander over or through.
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To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
By Oddity Software
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To draw through an eye or aperture.
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To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
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A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
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A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
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To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
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Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
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To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
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To wander over or through.
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To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
By Noah Webster.
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To wander or ramble.
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To wander or ramble over; roam over; to draw out and join together, as fibers of wool or cotton, before spinning.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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