7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rove  \Rove\  (r[=o]v),  n. 
  1.  A  copper  washer  upon  which  the  end  of  a  nail  is  clinched 
  in  boat  building. 
 
  2.  A  roll  or  sliver  of  wool  or  cotton  drawn  out  and  slighty 
  twisted,  preparatory  to  further  process;  a  roving. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rove  \Rove\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Roved};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Roving}.]  [Cf.  D.  rooven  to  rob;  akin  to  E.  reave.  See 
  {Reave},  {Rob}.] 
  1.  To  practice  robbery  on  the  seas;  to  wander  about  on  the 
  seas  in  piracy.  [Obs.]  --Hakluyt. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  For  who  has  power  to  walk  has  power  to  rove. 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  3.  (Archery)  To  shoot  at  rovers;  hence  to  shoot  at  an  angle 
  of  elevation,  not  at  point-blank  (rovers  usually  being 
  beyond  the  point-blank  range). 
 
  Fair  Venus'  son,  that  with  thy  cruel  dart  At  that 
  good  knight  so  cunningly  didst  rove.  --Spenser. 
 
  Syn:  To  wander;  roam;  range;  ramble  stroll. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rove  \Rove\  (r[=o]v),  v.  t.  [perhaps  fr  or  akin  to  reeve.] 
  1.  To  draw  through  an  eye  or  aperture. 
 
  2.  To  draw  out  into  flakes;  to  card,  as  wool.  --Jamieson. 
 
  3.  To  twist  slightly;  to  bring  together,  as  slivers  of  wool 
  or  cotton,  and  twist  slightly  before  spinning. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rove  \Rove\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  wander  over  or  through 
 
  Roving  the  field,  I  chanced  A  goodly  tree  far 
  distant  to  behold.  --milton. 
 
  2.  To  plow  into  ridges  by  turning  the  earth  of  two  furrows 
  together. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rove  \Rove\,  n. 
  The  act  of  wandering;  a  ramble. 
 
  In  thy  nocturnal  rove  one  moment  halt.  --Young. 
 
  {Rove  beetle}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  numerous  species  of 
  beetles  of  the  family  {Staphylinid[ae]},  having  short 
  elytra  beneath  which  the  wings  are  folded  transversely. 
  They  are  rapid  runners,  and  seldom  fly. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reeve  \Reeve\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rove}  (r?v);  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Reeving}.]  [Cf.  D.  reven.  See  {Reef},  n.  &  v.  t.]  (Naut.) 
  To  pass,  as  the  end  of  a  pope,  through  any  hole  in  a  block, 
  thimble,  cleat,  ringbolt,  cringle,  or  the  like 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rove 
  v  :  wander  about  aimlessly;  "The  gypsies  roamed  the  woods"  [syn: 
  {wander},  {swan},  {stray},  {roam},  {cast},  {ramble},  {range}, 
  {drift},  {vagabond}] 

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