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roam

[ rohm ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove:

    to roam about the world.

    Synonyms: prowl, stroll, stray



verb (used with object)

  1. to wander over or through:

    to roam the countryside.

noun

  1. an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.

roam

/ rəʊm /

verb

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


noun

  1. the act of roaming

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Derived Forms

  • ˈroamer, noun

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Other Words From

  • roamer noun
  • un·roaming adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of roam1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English romen origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of roam1

C13: origin unknown

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Synonym Study

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

Reports this week said they were free to roam around Qatar and were not confined to house arrest.

Angels begin consorting with human women, and giants roam the earth.

Sure, brutes and warlords still roam the region, but the worst enemies no longer wear uniforms or wield guerrilla manuals.

The evening before, Mischief Night, pranksters roam the dark.

In the script, the cheetahs drift from their owner and roam suburban Mexico unattended.

Thus four thousand Indians at most roam through, rather than occupy, these vast stretches of inland territory and sea-shore.

It would be too dismal for Gwynne to roam through the purlieus with a policeman—and he cannot come down often.

He does not keep them in barns, or feed them with hay, but they roam over the hills, and feed on grass both in winter and summer.

He hasn't the nerve to forsake his native heath and roam the wide world, a free and independent gentleman.

Overwhelming it was, furious, relentless; his thoughts strove to roam, but it seized him by the hair and dragged him back.

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