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Definition of roves in English English dictionary

rove
Simple past of rive
rove
To shoot with arrows (at)

And thou that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue .

rove
{v} to ramble, wander, range, walk about
rove
Past tense of reeve
rove
To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool
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To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area
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To card wool or other fibres
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The act of wandering; a ramble
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(1 syl ) To shoot with roving arrows- i e arrows shot at a roving mark, either in height or distance To shoot at rovers To shoot at certain marks of the target so called; to shoot at random without any distinct aim “Unbelievers are said by Clobery to `shoot at rovers ”- Divine Glimpscs, p 4 (1659) Running at rovers Running wild; being without restraint
rove
a stroll, ramble; a wandering
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To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range)
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{i} cotton or wool fiber that has been stretched and twisted prior to being spun into yarn
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1. If someone roves about an area or roves an area, they wander around it. roving about the town in the dead of night and seeing something peculiar She became a photographer, roving the world with her camera in her hand. = roam see also roving. An act of wandering about, over, around, or through. A past tense and a past participle of reeve
rove
To draw through an eye or aperture
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move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
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A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving
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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
rove
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building
rove
To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy
rove
To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together
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To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning
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{f} wander aimlessly, roam, meander; stretch and twist fibers to prepare them for spinning
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To wander over or through
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