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Meaning of roam in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /roʊm/

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  1. Verb

    roam

    Etymology

    Middle English: of unknown origin

    Definitions

    1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

    Examples

    • « 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 ro »

    Derived terms

    • alley cat
    • amble
    • bird of passage
    • drifter
    • drifting
    • floater
    • hiker
    • perambulation
    • promenade
    • ramble
    • rambler
    • roamer
    • rover
    • roving
    • saunter
    • straggler
    • stray
    • strayer
    • stroll
    • tramp
    • tramper
    • vagabond
    • vagabondage
    • vagrant
    • wanderer
    • wandering

Famous quotes

  • « I grew up in the '80s where there's a lot of these kind of post-apocalyptic, post-comet, post-whatever it was, so that always captured my imagination a lot as a little kid, that idea of getting access to secret places and being able to roam around where you're not supposed to. »
    Gillian Flynn
  • « How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. »
    William Cowper
  • « Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. »
    Samuel Johnson

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