different between rove vs vagabond
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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vagabond
English
Etymology
From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vag?bundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada, UK) enPR: v?g'?-b?nd, IPA(key): /?væ?.?.b?nd/
Noun
vagabond (plural vagabonds)
- A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
- Synonyms: vagrant, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond
Related terms
- extravagant
- vague
Translations
Verb
vagabond (third-person singular simple present vagabonds, present participle vagabonding, simple past and past participle vagabonded)
- To roam, as a vagabond
Translations
Adjective
vagabond (not comparable)
- Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
- 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover
- Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.
- 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin vag?bundus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.?a.b??/
Adjective
vagabond (feminine singular vagabonde, masculine plural vagabonds, feminine plural vagabondes)
- vagabonding
Noun
vagabond m (plural vagabonds, feminine vagabonde)
- vagabond
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vagabond” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- vagabund
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va?a?bu?d/
Noun
vagabond m (plural vagabond)
- vagabond
Related terms
- vagabondé
Romanian
Etymology
From French vagabond.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.?a?bond/
Noun
vagabond m (plural vagabonzi)
- tramp (a homeless person)
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