: 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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Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
The camera moves, shooting her from this angle and that, and occasionally roving over various covers of Christie’s books.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Despite these glimpses, though, the narrative roves and alights rather than burrowing.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Verb
And Wang plays with his audience’s perceptions of what is actually going on in and around the pair with the aid of ambitious stylistic flourishes that include roving cameras, split screens, and an ongoing dance between what’s real and what’s imagined.
—Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
The camera moves, shooting her from this angle and that, and occasionally roving over various covers of Christie’s books.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Noun
The camera, a fly, roves, ending up in corners, lodging itself amid scenes of card-playing, seductions, wisecracking, and listlessness.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Despite these glimpses, though, the narrative roves and alights rather than burrowing.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Rove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rove. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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