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To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

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  1. v. i. To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
  2. v. t. To range or wander over.
  3. n. The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale.
  4. v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. n:3/v:97 v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment