Definitions for the word "rove" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. imp. & p. p.
of Reeve
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To draw through an eye or aperture.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To wander over or through.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
The act of wandering; a ramble.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v.
(-ving) 1 wander without settling; roam, ramble. 2 (of eyes) look about. [probably scandinavian]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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