rove¹ /rōv/

1. To wander over or through
2. To discharge (an arrow, etc) at random (obsolete)

1. To wander about
2. To ramble
3. To change about inconstantly
4. To troll with live bait
5. To practise piracy (obsolete)
6. To aim or shoot arrows, etc at random (with at; obsolete)

1. Wandering
2. A mode of incomplete ploughing (dialect)

rōˈver noun

1. A pirate (archaic)
2. A robber (obsolete)
3. A random or distant mark (archery)
4. An arrow for shooting at rovers (obsolete)
5. A wanderer
6. An inconstant person
7. A croquet ball or player ready to peg out
8. A player with no fixed position who forms part of the rucks (Australian rules football)
9. Formerly a member of a senior branch of the (Boy) Scout organization (also rover scout)
10. A remotely-controlled vehicle for exploring the surface of the moon, etc

rōˈving adjective

1. Wandering
2. Not confined to a particular place, eg roving ambassador, roving commission, etc

rōˈvingly adverb

roveˈ-over adjective

(of a kind of verse in sprung rhythm) having an extra syllable at the end of one line, which forms a foot with the beginning of the next line

rover ticket noun

A ticket permitting unlimited travel during a specified period

• season ticket
• season tickets
• seaspeak
• seaspeaks
• sea spider
• sea spiders
• sea squill
• sea squills
• sea squirt
• sea squirts
• sea star
• sea stars
• sea stick
• sea sticks
• sea storm
• sea storms
• sea strand
• sea strands
• seasure
• sea surgeon
• sea surgeons
• sea swallow
• sea swallows
• sea swine
• staig