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verb (used without object)

to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove: to roam about the world.

verb (used with object)

to wander over or through: to roam the countryside.

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noun

an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English romen < ?

Related forms

roam·er, noun

un·roam·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. stray, stroll, prowl. Roam, ramble, range, rove imply wandering about over (usually) a considerable amount of territory. Roam implies a wandering or traveling over a large area, especially as prompted by restlessness or curiosity: to roam through a forest. Ramble implies pleasant, carefree moving about, walking with no specific purpose and for a limited distance: to ramble through fields near home. Range usually implies wandering over a more or less defined but extensive area in search of something: Cattle range over the plains. Rove sometimes implies wandering with specific incentive or aim, as an animal for prey: Bandits rove through these mountains.

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Example Sentences

We roam to opposite corners of the globe knowing that friends and colleagues can reach us by dialing a single number.

Anniversaries are one of the few occasions at which a nostalgic impulse should be left to roam unfettered.

It is now set fair to roam the planet's surface, testing the soil and sending back new images of the red planet.

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We roam to opposite corners of the globe knowing that friends and colleagues can reach us by dialing a single number.

Anniversaries are one of the few occasions at which a nostalgic impulse should be left to roam unfettered.

It is now set fair to roam the planet's surface, testing the soil and sending back new images of the red planet.

These tough animals are solitary, and they need a lot of room to roam.

The freedom that qubits have to roam across the entire sphere helps to give quantum computers their unique capabilities.

We're looking for some of the only giraffes in the world that roam entirely in unprotected habitat.

Relax under purple mountain majesties, where quite literally the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope still play more.

Instead of cages, chimpanzees would roam forested enclosures.

The narrow roads twist and curve, finches perch on windowsills, deer roam and maple trees outnumber people.

Seagliders are part of a revolution in oceanography, which has long relied on ships to roam the seas to collect data.

Pro-government militias roam the countryside, terrorising and beating suspected opposition supporters.

Solitary animals, black bears roam large territories, though they do not protect them from other bears.

Veteran campers and hikers know the drill, especially those in areas where mountain lions roam.

Spend your morning on the beach then roam the rolling vineyards and sample local wines in the afternoon.

From the first minute of the game, you have the freedom to roam about the city and its outskirts as much as you want.

Sales managers roam the aisles of high volume call centers.

Tigers, rhinos and elephants still roam the forests.

Mountain lions, on the other hand, are bigger and need more space to roam.

It is as healthy for your cat to roam the neighbourhood at night as it is for your children.

In the significant pause that follows, he lets his gaze roam from boy to boy, waiting.

Homeless, orphaned children roam the streets eating rotting dogs because there is no one to provide for them.

Fewer than a hundred of the large carnivores currently roam national and state parks and nearby private lands.

Fishermen would have to be allowed to roam the planet seeking fish protein.

And although police are constrained by national borders, criminals roam freely.

Cats still roam the popular park and adjacent campground, living off the largesse of picknicking tourists.

Be severe on dog owners allowing their dogs to roam in cycleways.

If you leave the house while making a call, you roam seamlessly back on to the ordinary mobile network.

At night hippos leave the water and roam overland to graze.

From dawn to dusk, orangutans roam the forest treetops.

So the bears-getting hungrier and thinner-must roam the shores for what food they can find.

It is supposed that one of a herd of pet deer which roam through the wooded part of his grounds attacked him.

If you roam the sidelines in a college sports arena, consider yourself in the.

He thinks twice about allowing his children to roam their island home.

Gentle whale sharks roam the world's warm seas but were rarely seen until anAustralian gathering place was found.

Relax under purple mountain majesties, where quite literally the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope still play.

Cell-phone users want to be able to roam far and wide while getting crystal-clear reception.

To produce pork that's safe and tasty might mean taking greater control of the animal instead of letting it roam partly free.

Roam the suburbs, and the neat brick housing estates are haunted by mock-Tudor ghosts.

Feral cats and farmers that let theirs roam free have decimated the natural food-chain in my woods.

For some growers this may be a short time, other growers allow the animals to roam a large area, with access to shelter as the.

The teenagers roam the sleepy suburban streets until they find a lawn fence that is good and sturdy and in a well-lighted area.

For this reason, the best effects are achieved by avoiding bars where the staff roam pre-tagged.

Our safari tent and tunnel lets pint-size explorers roam the savanna without leaving the backyard.

Allowing the mind to roam freely can aid creativity-but only.

But his hands, bedecked with rings, roam large on the screen at times.

Administrators roam the hallways, checking the boards to make certain that the units being covered are appropriate.

But don't hold your breath waiting for animal spies to roam the world anytime soon.

Farm cows are left to roam and graze freely in the mountains.

So should the talented students who roam the globe seeking the best opportunities they can find.

It insists on obeying the laws of even the dictatorial countries where its missionaries roam.

Other mammals, such as elephants and western giraffes, also roam these lands.

Traffic reporters roam the skies in helicopters to alert listeners to the latest accidents and backups.

The relatives of the camel need room to roam, lots of room to roam.

They roam free their whole lives feeding on natural resources, socialising, etc.

Musk deer roam throughout the ecoregion, but you would be lucky to see an elusive clouded leopard.

Instead, let your content roam freely online, so it generates as large an audience as possible.

Organized gangs roam the cities and tribal fighting plagues the highlands.

Booth babes in the garb of various games roam the crowded show floor.

There's a quota each day, and sales managers roam the aisles of our cube heaven.

He will continue to roam the hills where thousands and thousands are buried.

It's ludicrous that travelers must roam the train to find, with luck, the type of seat they want.

To roam among these summitscapes is to open a conversation between your soul and a living planet on the move.

They had plenty of room to roam around and could easily remain out of reach if they chose.

Snowboarders must hire helicopters and snowcats to go where telemarkers roam.

Frank says the giant felines no longer roam where they once did and the current rate of killing is unsustainable.

Testosterone junkies still roam city trading floors but these days the sensible ones choose their words carefully.

While both manta species roam all the oceans, they appear to have a different lifestyle.

The murderers and the master minds all roam freely in the same city.

It is one of the few places in the world where monkeys roam freely next to humans.

Less than two years old, the sanctuary gives the chimps nearly one hundred acres of tropical rain forest to roam in safety.

It's a prime place to kick back, dangle your feet over the gunwales, and let your binoculars roam.

There they will be free to roam again for another year.

Hundreds of thousands of gazelles roam the open steppe, as do marmots, which are prized for both flesh and fur.

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World English Dictionary

roam (rəʊm)

—vb
1.	to travel or walk about with no fixed purpose or direction; wander

—n
2.	the act of roaming

[C13: origin unknown]

'roamer

—n

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Word Origin & History

roam

c.1300, romen, possibly from O.E. *ramian "act of wandering about," related to aræman "arise, lift up." There are no cognate forms in other Gmc. languages. "Except in late puns, there is no evidence of connexion with the Romance words denoting pilgrims or pilgrimages to Rome ...." [OED].

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