Word

rove, v.
(roved, roves, roving)
freq. cnt. 2

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

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They %s the countryside
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They %s the countryside
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They %s the countryside
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wandering wanderer

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drifting drifter

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vagabondage vagabond vagabond

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

maunder gallivant, gad, jazz around

verb group

drift, stray, err wander