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Verb: rove  rowv
  1. Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
    "roving vagabonds";
    - roll, wander, swan [informal], stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, range, drift, vagabond [archaic]
     
  2. Card or draw out wool or other fibers
    "The artisan roved the wool fibers before spinning them into yarn"
Noun: rove  rowv
  1. The activity of wandering around
    "They enjoyed a leisurely rove through the countryside";
    - wander
Verb: reeve (reeved, also rove)  reev
  1. Fasten by passing through a hole or around something
    "The sailor reeved the rope through the pulley"
     
  2. Pass through a hole or opening
    "reeve a rope"
     
  3. Pass a rope through
    "reeve an opening"

Derived forms: roving, roves, roved

Type of: go, locomote, move, pass through, travel

Encyclopedia: Rove, Zagorje ob Savi

Reeve, Samuel