rove
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See also rõve
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English [edit]
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Etymology 1 [edit]
Of uncertain origin; perhaps a dialectal form of rave.
Verb [edit]
rove (third-person singular simple present roves, present participle roving, simple past and past participle roved)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
- And thou [...] that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
- Now that he was in his prime, there was no simian in all the mighty forest through which he roved that dared contest his right to rule, nor did the other and larger animals molest him.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
Translations [edit]
to wander about at random
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Noun [edit]
rove (plural roves)
- A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
- A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
Etymology 2 [edit]
Inflected forms.
Verb [edit]
rove
- Simple past of rive.
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Dutch [edit]
Verb [edit]
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Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
rove
Declension [edit]
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Declension of rove (type hame)
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