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rove"to wander with no fixed destination," 1530s (earliest sense was "to shoot arrows at a mark selected at pleasure or at random," late 15c.); possibly a Midlands dialectal variant of [..]
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roveto roam or wander about
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rove(n) female ruff(v) pass a rope through(v) pass through a hole or opening(v) fasten by passing through a hole or around something(v) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of [..]
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roveerro
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roveTo shoot with roving arrows—i.e. arrows shot at a roving mark, either in height or distance.
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rovePast participle of 'Reeve'. 2. Alternative form of 'Roove'.
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roveA past tense and a past participle of reeve. 2. a copper washer upon which the end of a copper nail is clinched in boat building.
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roveThe condition of a n rope that has been passed through a sheave hole or through any aperture.
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roveroof.
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roveTo wander from place to place. to roam over, through, or about. The act of roving, a ramble.
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rovebreed of goat; also small round of Provençal soft goat’s cheese, fragrant with wild herbs.
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roveRiverside County Sheriff's Department Off-Highway Vehicle Enforcement Program.
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rove
(obsolete,intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
* '''1590''', Edmund Spenser, ''The Faerie Queene'' I.3:
*: And thouthat with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue [...] [..]
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