roam´er

roam´er
roam «rohm», verb, noun.
–v.i.
to go about with no special plan or aim; wander: »

to roam through the fields. Herds of horses and cattle roamed at will over the plain (George W. Cable). Her eyes were roaming about the room (Hawthorne).

–v.t.
to wander over: »

to roam the earth, to roam a city. Thunder clouds roamed the skies at Taunton yesterday (London Times).

–n.
a walk or trip with no special aim; wandering: »

a roam through the house.

╂B>Middle English romen; origin uncertain]
–roam´er, noun.
Synonym Study transitive verb, intransitive verb. Roam, rove, ramble mean to wander. Roam suggests going about as one pleases over a wide area, with no special plan or aim: »

The photographer roamed about the world.

Rove usually adds the suggestion of a definite purpose, though not of a settled destination: »

Submarines roved the ocean.

Ramble suggests straying from a regular path or plan and wandering about aimlessly for one's own pleasure: »

The children rambled over the field stopping here and there to pick pretty wild flowers.


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