Thesaurus: roam
To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
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Definitions
- v. i. To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
- v. t. To range or wander over.
- n. The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale.
- v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- 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. To range or wander over. And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam. Milton. The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale. Milton.
- To go from place to place without any certain purpose ordirection; to rove; to wander.He roameth to the carpenter's house. Chaucer.Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. Shak.
- n:3/v:97 v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment