vt to wander over or through.
2. rove ·noun the act of wandering; a ramble.
3. rove ·vt to draw through an eye or aperture.
4. rove ·vt to draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
5. rove ·impf & ·p.p. of reeve.
6. rove ·vt to plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
7. rove ·vi to practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
8. rove ·noun a copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
9. rove ·vt to twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
10. rove ·noun a roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
11. rove ·vi to shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
12. rove ·vi 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.