rove
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive, obsolete)To shoot with arrows (at).
- 2.
(intransitive)To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- 3.
(transitive)To roam or wander through.
- 4.
(transitive)To card wool or other fibres.
- 5.
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- 6.
To draw through an eye or aperture.
- 7.
To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- 8.
To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- 9.
(form of, past)simple past of rive
- 10.
(form of, past)simple past of reeve
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
- 2.
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
- 3.
The act of wandering; a ramble.
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Nguồn gốc từ
Probably from Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern Middle English raven (to wander), from Old Norse ráfa (to rove; stray about). Cognate with ráfa to wander, rave.