: an act or instance of wandering
rove
3 of 5past tense and past participle of reeve
roved; roving
: to join (textile fibers) with a slight twist and draw out into roving
Examples of rove in a Sentence
Verb (1)
buffalo roving over the vast plains
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Then, of course, there are still the roving vendors hawking options.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
At the very beginning of the film, the house is introduced in a single shot that peers through windows, roves from room to room, and heads downstairs.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The museum’s new space offers a permanent home for its roving presentations — now free of charge to visitors — which trace the history of public housing from its origins in the New Deal to the present day.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Then, of course, there are still the roving vendors hawking options.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
Despite these glimpses, though, the narrative roves and alights rather than burrowing.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
At the very beginning of the film, the house is introduced in a single shot that peers through windows, roves from room to room, and heads downstairs.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Rove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rove. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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