Definitions from Wiktionary (rove)
▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
▸ verb: (transitive) To roam or wander through.
▸ verb: (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
▸ verb: To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
▸ verb: To draw through an eye or aperture.
▸ verb: To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
▸ verb: To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
▸ noun: A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
▸ noun: A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
▸ noun: The act of wandering; a ramble.
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▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
▸ verb: (transitive) To roam or wander through.
▸ verb: (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
▸ verb: To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
▸ verb: To draw through an eye or aperture.
▸ verb: To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
▸ verb: To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
▸ noun: A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
▸ noun: A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
▸ noun: The act of wandering; a ramble.
▸ Also see rove
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