ALL meanings of rove
rove
R r - verb without object rove to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, especially over a wide area. 1
- verb with object rove to pass (a rope or the like) through a hole, ring, or the like. 1
- verb with object rove to fasten by placing through or around something. 1
- verb with object rove to pass a rope through (the swallow of a block). 1
- noun rove British. roving2 . 1
- verb rove a simple past tense and past participle of reeve2 . 1
- intransitive verb rove wander 1
- verb rove If someone roves about an area or roves an area, they wander around it. 0
- verb rove If you say that someone's eyes rove round a place, you mean that they are looking around to see what is interesting. 0
- verb rove to wander about (a place) with no fixed direction; roam 0
- verb rove (of the eyes) to look around; wander 0
- verb rove to play as a rover 0
- noun rove the act of roving 0
- verb rove to pull out and twist (fibres of wool, cotton, etc) lightly, as before spinning or in carding 0
- noun rove wool, cotton, etc, thus prepared 0
- noun rove a metal plate through which a rivet is passed and then clenched over 0
- intransitive verb rove to wander about; go from place to place, esp. over an extensive area, with no particular course or destination; roam 0
- intransitive verb rove to look around 0
- verb transitive rove to wander over; roam through 0
- noun rove the act of roving; a ramble 0
- verb transitive rove to twist (fibers) together and draw out into roving before spinning 0
- abbreviation ROVE roving 0
- abbreviation ROVE reeve2 0