rove

See also rõve

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹəʊv/
• Rhymes: -əʊv

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin; perhaps a dialectal form of rave.

Verb

rove (third-person singular simple present roves, present participle roving, simple past and past participle roved)

1. (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 [...].

2. (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.

3. (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.

Translations

to wander about at random

• German: sich herumtreiben (de), umherschweifen (de)

• Russian: странствовать (ru) (stranstvovatʹ), скитаться (ru) (skitatʹsja)

Derived terms

• rover
• roved
• roving

Related terms

• reeve

Noun

rove (plural roves)

1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

rove

1. Simple past of rive.

Anagrams

• over
• vore

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Dutch

Verb

rove

1. singular present subjunctive of roven

Anagrams

• over, Voer, voer

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Finnish

Noun

rove

1. Small container made of birch bark.

Declension

Declension of rove (type hame) singular plural nominative rove ropeet genitive ropeen ropeiden ropeitten partitive rovetta ropeita accusative rove ropeen ropeet inessive ropeessa ropeissa elative ropeesta ropeista illative ropeeseen ropeisiin ropeihin adessive ropeella ropeilla ablative ropeelta ropeilta allative ropeelle ropeille essive ropeena ropeina translative ropeeksi ropeiksi instructive – ropein abessive ropeetta ropeitta comitative – ropeineen

Synonyms

• tuokkonen