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rove
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?v/
- Rhymes: -??v
Etymology 1
Probably from Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern Middle English raven (“to wander”), from Old Norse ráfa (“to rove; stray about”). Cognate with Icelandic ráfa (“to wander”), Scots rave (“to wander; stray; roam”).
Verb
rove (third-person singular simple present roves, present participle roving, simple past and past participle roved)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
- And thou […] that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
- Now that he was in his prime, there was no simian in all the mighty forest through which he roved that dared contest his right to rule, nor did the other and larger animals molest him.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
Derived terms
- rover
- roved
- roving
Related terms
- reeve
Translations
Noun
rove (plural roves)
- A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
- A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
- The act of wandering; a ramble.
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Verb
rove
- simple past tense of rive
- simple past tense of reeve
Anagrams
- -vore, Over, Vore, over, over-, vore
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
rove
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of roven
Anagrams
- over, Voer, voer
Finnish
Noun
rove
- Small container made of birch bark.
Declension
Synonyms
- tuokkonen
Anagrams
- vero
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saunter
English
Etymology
Etymology unclear. Attested in the sense “to stroll” from the 1660s; noun sense “a stroll” attested 1828. Likely from earlier term meaning “to muse”, late 15th century, from Middle English santren, of unknown origin. Competing theories exist:
- From Anglo-Norman sauntrer (mid 14th century), from Middle French s'aventurer (“to take risks”); however this is considered unlikely by the OED. Compare Middle English aunter (“adventure”).
- Of Germanic origin, with proposed cognates including German schlendern, Danish slentre, Swedish släntra, and Icelandic slentr, all meaning “to stroll”.
Various fanciful folk etymologies have also been given.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?nt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??nt?/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?s?nt?/
- Rhymes: -??nt?(?)
Verb
saunter (third-person singular simple present saunters, present participle sauntering, simple past and past participle sauntered)
- To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.
- Synonyms: amble, stroll, wander
- 1858-1880, David Masson, The Life Of John Milton: 1649-1654
- One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.
Translations
Noun
saunter (plural saunters)
- A leisurely walk or stroll.
- A leisurely pace.
- (obsolete) A place for sauntering or strolling.
- 1728, Edward Young, The Love of Fame
- That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.
- 1728, Edward Young, The Love of Fame
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Transue, aunters, natuers, natures, sea turn, seruant, tea urns, tea-urns, unrates
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