rove
1to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, especially over a wide area.
an act or instance of roving.
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Other definitions for rove (2 of 3)
a simple past tense and past participle of reeve2.
Other definitions for rove (3 of 3)
to form (slivers of wool, cotton, etc.) into slightly twisted strands in a preparatory process of spinning.
to draw fibers or the like through an eye or other small opening.
to attenuate, compress, and twist slightly in carding.
British. roving2.
Origin of rove
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How to use rove in a sentence
After finding success with the Reel Rock Film Tour, a roving showcase of short films about climbers and their greatest feats, filmmakers Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer decided they wanted to expand into bigger audiences.
'Reel Rock' Brings Top Climbers to the Small Screen | Outside Editors | May 7, 2021 | Outside OnlineThese small, roving gangs often did not unearth antifa — a loose collective of activists who identify as anti-fascist — but instead were involved in violent attacks on passersby.
D.C. is becoming a protest battleground. In a polarized nation, experts say that’s unlikely to change. | Marissa Lang | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostAn archaeologist roving around in a submersible was the first to lay eyes on the vessels in nearly 80 years.
Analyze This: Shipwrecks provide a home for bottom-dwelling fish | Carolyn Wilke | December 4, 2020 | Science News For StudentsSure enough, her roving camera could spot when these plants needed water.
Student scientists work to help all of us survive a warmer world | Bethany Brookshire | October 21, 2020 | Science News For StudentsOtherwise, the map is dotted with roving cattle ranches and farms and small properties — 5 acres here, 10 acres there — with many landowners presumably amenable to a buyout.
It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It. | by Lee van der Voo for ProPublica | October 1, 2020 | ProPublica
Either way, rove certainly had a better night than last time around.
Fox News Election Panelists Dress Up As Cowboys | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most memorable ad of the lot was one run by American Crossroads, the Super PAC associated with Karl rove.
In North Carolina, GOP Overreach May Be More Unpopular Than Obama | Dean Obeidallah | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It was all for nothing; rove wanted the issue buried,” Wurmser said.
But when the information was brought up with the White House, senior adviser Karl rove told them to “let these sleeping dogs lie.”
One donor complains about the takeout chicken pot pies served at a Karl rove-hosted confab.
Speed Read: Kenneth Vogel’s ‘Big Money’ Shows How PACs Control Politics | William O’Connor | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a moment his interested eyes would rove over the crowd again.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAt last his eyes began to rove around and presently they rested on me, where I was watching him.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurThe nations who rove over the western prairies, inscribe them on the skins of the buffalo.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftHis little black eyes travel further and faster than his legs, and rove up and down and across the Bowery ceaselessly.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York | Lemuel Ely QuiggIf I thought he meant the boy any harm he'd get his nose rove foul in the shake of a fluke.
British Dictionary definitions for rove (1 of 4)
/ (rəʊv) /
to wander about (a place) with no fixed direction; roam
(intr) (of the eyes) to look around; wander
have a roving eye to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
(intr) Australian rules football to play as a rover
the act of roving
Origin of rove
1British Dictionary definitions for rove (2 of 4)
/ (rəʊv) /
(tr) to pull out and twist (fibres of wool, cotton, etc) lightly, as before spinning or in carding
wool, cotton, etc, thus prepared
Origin of rove
2British Dictionary definitions for rove (3 of 4)
/ (rəʊv) /
a metal plate through which a rivet is passed and then clenched over
Origin of rove
3British Dictionary definitions for rove (4 of 4)
/ (rəʊv) /
a past tense and past participle of reeve 2
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