I.
Etymology: Middle English roof
past of rive
II. ˈrōv noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English rewe, rufe, rove, from Old Norse rō
1. or roove ˈrüv : burr 3 b
2. : the bight of a rope sling that receives the hook
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English roven
intransitive verb
1. : to shoot at rovers in archery
2.
a. : to move aimlessly : roam , stray
criminals … roving about freely without either arrest or custodial restraint — H.E.Barnes
members … roved restlessly from one committee meeting to another — Allan Nevins
b. : to follow a random course : ramble , wander
at first he did not follow her, his thoughts had roved so far — Ellen Glasgow
feebly his glance roved over the figures by the bed — Mary Austin
3. obsolete
a. : to deviate from the point
from that mark how far they rove — John Milton
b. : to take random aim
c. : guess
4. archaic : to troll with live bait
rove for a perch with a minnow — Izaak Walton
5. dialect Britain : to be light-headed or delirious : rave
transitive verb
: to traverse aimlessly : wander through or over : roam
permit their progeny … to rove the forest — S.H.Adams
letting her eyes rove the room as if she were planning … its decoration — Jean Stafford
saw the searchlights roving the sky — Howard Hunt
IV. noun
( -s )
: an act or instance of wandering
a sidelong rove of the eye — A.L.Kroeber
V. noun
( -s )
Etymology: modification of Spanish & Portuguese arroba
obsolete : arroba
VI.
past of reeve
VII. ˈrōv transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: origin unknown
: to join (textile fibers) with a slight twist and draw out into roving
VIII. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
: roving III 1