Roam
[rəʊm] or [rom]
Definition
(v. i.) To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
(v. t.) To range or wander over.
(n.) The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale.
Checker: Virgil
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Ramble, stroll, wander, range, rove, stray, straggle, wander about, rove around, gad about.
v. a. Wander or range over, stray about.
Checked by Lanny
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wander, rove, range, stroll, ramble, stray, saunter
ANT:Hurry, speed, fly, hasten, press
Edited by Augustus
Definition
v.i. to rove about: to ramble.—v.t. to wander over: to range.—n. Roam′er a wanderer.
Typist: Sadie
Examples
- I will bring you the best of fruits, the tenderest deer, the finest meats that roam the jungle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I did not roam around the town; but wanted to get home to the hospital from the caf? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Possibly to roam the house-tops again and return by the chimney. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Let him have something to eat, and let him roam and look about him while he eats. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Never, Mr. Philander, never before in my life have I known one of these animals to be permitted to roam at large from its cage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She could not roam about and amuse herself, for the burned breadth would show, so she stared at people rather forlornly till the dancing began. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The soul must feel an eager desire to roam at large. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Rosamond's eyes also were roaming over her aunt's large embroidered collar. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If her roaming sympathies had struck root anywhere, it was in her friendship with Judy Trenor. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After roaming about the vicinity for a short time, they started back for the deeper forests and the higher land from whence they had come. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- After two years of hungry roaming Mrs. Bart had died----died of a deep disgust. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In every other direction the moor is a complete wilderness, inhabited only by a few roaming gypsies. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A song was pending as he entered, and he dropped into a seat near his hostess, his eyes roaming in search of Miss Bart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He roamed about the house, and the women ran for it when they heard him coming. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- By-and-by Jo roamed away upstairs, for it was rainy, and she could not walk. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The moth roamed away. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Morning after morning they roamed about the town together, pursuing this singular research. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The tribe to which he belonged roamed a tract extending, roughly, twenty-five miles along the seacoast and some fifty miles inland. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I rambled downstairs to find anything that was like itself, so altered it all seemed; and roamed into the yard. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They roamed at large on the undulations of Egdon, but in numbers too few to detract much from the solitude. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then he has a beast of a dog which roams the garden. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The banth is a fierce beast of prey that roams the low hills surrounding the dead seas of ancient Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Checker: Rupert