Words Like ROVE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ROVE.

15 Alternative Words Similar to rove

1 Roll Verb      Synonym Words Like Roll
2 Wander Verb      Synonym Words Like Wander
3 Swan Verb      Synonym Words Like Swan
4 Stray Verb      Synonym Words Like Stray
5 Tramp Verb      Synonym Words Like Tramp
6 Roam Verb      Synonym Words Like Roam
7 Cast Verb      Synonym Words Like Cast
8 Ramble Verb      Synonym Words Like Ramble
9 Range Verb      Synonym Words Like Range
10 Drift Verb      Synonym Words Like Drift
11 Vagabond Verb      Synonym Words Like Vagabond
12 Go Verb      Synonym Words Like Go
13 Locomote Verb      Synonym Words Like Locomote
14 Move Verb      Synonym Words Like Move
15 Travel Verb      Synonym Words Like Travel

5 examples of rove

1 the wandering Jew
2 the laborers drift from one town to the next
3 The cattle roam across the prairie
4 roving vagabonds
5 They rolled from town to town

10 definitions of rove

1 To draw through an eye or aperture.
2 To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
3 To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
4 A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
5 A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
6 To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
7 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.
8 To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
9 To wander over or through.
10 To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
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