: 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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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
It’s crowded with houseboats, fishing vessels, roving vendors in sampans, and multi-story floating restaurants that drew tourists until the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to shutter.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 June 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
Showing its spring 2026 collection at Pitti Uomo as this season’s guest of honor of the menswear trade fair, the brand inaugurates the roving presentation schedule announced earlier this year.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
It’s crowded with houseboats, fishing vessels, roving vendors in sampans, and multi-story floating restaurants that drew tourists until the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to shutter.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 June 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 24 Jul. 2025.
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