Meaning of roam in English
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Verb
roamEtymology
Middle English: of unknown originDefinitions
1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employmentExamples
- « 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 »
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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