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rove
1[ rohv ]
verb (used without object)
- to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, especially over a wide area.
verb (used with object)
- to wander over or through; traverse:
to rove the woods.
noun
- an act or instance of roving.
rove
2[ rohv ]
verb
- a simple past tense and past participle of reeve 2.
rove
3[ rohv ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
noun
- British. roving 2.
rove
2/ rəʊv /
noun
- a metal plate through which a rivet is passed and then clenched over
rove
3/ rəʊv /
verb
- tr to pull out and twist (fibres of wool, cotton, etc) lightly, as before spinning or in carding
noun
- wool, cotton, etc, thus prepared
rove
4/ rəʊv /
verb
- to wander about (a place) with no fixed direction; roam
- intr (of the eyes) to look around; wander
- have a roving eyehave a roving eye to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
- intr Australian rules football to play as a rover
noun
- the act of roving
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Example Sentences
Either way, Rove certainly had a better night than last time around.
The most memorable ad of the lot was one run by American Crossroads, the Super PAC associated with Karl Rove.
“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.
In a moment his interested eyes would rove over the crowd again.
At last his eyes began to rove around and presently they rested on me, where I was watching him.
The nations who rove over the western prairies, inscribe them on the skins of the buffalo.
His little black eyes travel further and faster than his legs, and rove up and down and across the Bowery ceaselessly.
If I thought he meant the boy any harm he'd get his nose rove foul in the shake of a fluke.
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