English > rove: 1 sense > verb 1, motionMeaning | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
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Model | They rove the countryside; They rove in the countryside |
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Synonyms | roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, range, drift, vagabond |
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Narrower | gallivant, gad, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure |
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maunder | wander aimlessly |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
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Similar to | stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
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wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace |
Spanish | caminar, deambular, errar, girar, rondar, vagabundear, vagar |
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Catalan | caminar, deambular, girar, rondar, vagabundejar, vagarejar, vagar |
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Nouns | roving | travelling about without any clear destination |
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