Word Meaning

roves definition and meaning

imp. & p. p. of Reeve
v. t. To draw through an eye or aperture.
v. t. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
v. t. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
n. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
n. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
v. i. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
v. i. Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
v. i. To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
v. t. To wander over or through.
v. t. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
n. The act of wandering; a ramble.

Crossword clues for roves

- Drift
- Ramble
- Roam
- Roam aimlessly
- See the world
- Walk heavily
- Wander
- Wander about
- Wander freely
- Wander over
- Rambles
- Wanders aimlessly