rove – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
rove
v.
wander aimlessly, roam, meander; stretch and twist fibers to prepare them for spinning
n.
cotton or wool fiber that has been stretched and twisted prior to being spun into yarn
Rove
Rove (TV series)
Rove, formerly
Rove Live, was an Australian television variety show which premiered on the
Nine Network on 22 September 1999, before moving to
Network Ten which aired the program from 2000 until November, 2009. The show was hosted by comedian
Rove McManus, and featured an ensemble cast, who presented various segments throughout the course of the show. The show won the
Logie Award for "Most Popular Light Entertainment Program" five times (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009).
rove
Verb
1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
(synonym) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, range, drift, vagabond
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) maunder
(verb-group) stray, err, drift
(derivation) wandering, roving, vagabondage
reeve
Noun
1. female ruff
(hypernym) ruff, Philomachus pugnax
Verb
1. pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"
(hypernym) pass through
2. pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"
(hypernym) pass through
3. fasten by passing through a hole or around something
(hypernym) pass through
rove
Czas.
włóczyć się; wodzić wzrokiem
Rove
(v. t.)
To wander over or through.
(v. t.)
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
(v. t.)
To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
(v. t.)
To draw through an eye or aperture.
(v. t.)
To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
(v. i.)
To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
(v. i.)
To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
(v. i.)
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.
(n.)
The act of wandering; a ramble.
(n.)
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
(n.)
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
(imp. & p. p.)
of Reeve
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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