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Meaning of 'roam' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Roam [ n.]
- The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale.
2 . Roam [ v. i.]
- To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
3 . Roam [ v. t.]
- To range or wander over.

Meaning of 'roam' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . roam [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Example in sentence:
  • roving vagabonds;
  • The cattle roam across the prairie;
  • The gypsies roamed the woods;
  • the laborers drift from one town to the next;
  • the wandering Jew;
  • They rolled from town to town

Nearby Words:

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