Meaning of ROAM
| Pronunciation: | | rowm
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| | Definition: | | [v] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next" |
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| | Synonyms: | | cast, drift, ramble, range, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
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| | See Also: | | gad, gallivant, go, jazz around, locomote, maunder, move, travel | |
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| | Definition: | | Roam
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Roam\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Roaming}.] [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS. [=a]r?man to raise,
rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS. r?m?n to strive after,
OHG. r[=a]men. But the word was probably influenced by Rome;
cf. OF. romier a pilgrim, originally, a pilgrim going to
Rome, It. romeo, Sp. romero. Cf. {Ramble}.]
To go from place to place without any certain purpose or
direction; to rove; to wander.
He roameth to the carpenter's house. --Chaucer.
Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. --Shak.
Syn: To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
\Roam\, v. t.
To range or wander over.
And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam.
--Milton.
\Roam\, n.
The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his
roam o'er hill amd dale. --Milton.
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