: 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
Synonyms
Examples of rove in a Sentence
Verb (1)
buffalo roving over the vast plains
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
His men roved the city in unmarked cars, wearing plainclothes.
—Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
The palpably draining humidity of the setting enhances the desperation of such scenes: Evgenia Alexandrova’s roving camerawork always feels suitably fevered and burnt with color, beginning with a vertiginous flight across the assorted balconies of the residential avenue where the action kicks off.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2024
The youths allegedly operated in roving groups ranging from two to eight members and occasionally committed armed robbery and carjackings on an industrial scale.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
In the center of town, check out the Nobel Peace Center for its permanent and roving collections of significant human rights accomplishments.
—Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
Every day, eight vans rove the city, each with an emergency medical responder and a mental health clinician on board.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
At Lam Kwong Deli & Market, dim sum is served all day — without the roving carts or hot tea service.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2024
Last June and July, Publix did a similar promotion with a roving truck scooping out free ice cream.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
Guillermo Herrera worked in the same road crew as Whitt, which roves throughout the company’s western region repairing tracks.
—Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2023
While the evening roves among the varied aesthetics of its contributors in a way that at times feels scattered, a consciousness of history grounds and guides it.
—Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
Verb
Politics After a 7-year delay, San Diego has a roving fire engine for one tough-to-reach area — and more may come soon
May 27, 2024
To gather information on what city residents want in a new chief, the city launched an online survey in March and held two evening public forums.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
His men roved the city in unmarked cars, wearing plainclothes.
—Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
The palpably draining humidity of the setting enhances the desperation of such scenes: Evgenia Alexandrova’s roving camerawork always feels suitably fevered and burnt with color, beginning with a vertiginous flight across the assorted balconies of the residential avenue where the action kicks off.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2024
The youths allegedly operated in roving groups ranging from two to eight members and occasionally committed armed robbery and carjackings on an industrial scale.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
In the center of town, check out the Nobel Peace Center for its permanent and roving collections of significant human rights accomplishments.
—Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
Every day, eight vans rove the city, each with an emergency medical responder and a mental health clinician on board.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
At Lam Kwong Deli & Market, dim sum is served all day — without the roving carts or hot tea service.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2024
Last June and July, Publix did a similar promotion with a roving truck scooping out free ice cream.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
Noun
As the novel roves from Manhattan to Manchester, New Hampshire; from Los Angeles to Chicago, David, whose true ambition is to be a writer, uses his new role to sharpen his ear and eye.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
Guillermo Herrera worked in the same road crew as Whitt, which roves throughout the company’s western region repairing tracks.
—Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2023
While the evening roves among the varied aesthetics of its contributors in a way that at times feels scattered, a consciousness of history grounds and guides it.
—Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
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“Rove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rove. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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