Word Meaning

Meaning of roves

- of Reeve
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
- A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
- 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.
- To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
- To wander over or through.
- To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- The act of wandering; a ramble.

Crossword clue for roves

- Drift
- Ramble
- Roam
- Roam aimlessly
- See the world
- Walk heavily
- Wander
- Wander about
- Wander freely
- Wander over
- Rambles
- Wanders aimlessly