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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
roam
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
roam free
▪ Hundreds of dogs roam free on the streets.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
▪ But sometimes he went down into London instead and roamed about, especially when it was warm.
▪ The birds are, it is said, permitted to roam about in forests.
▪ Nails was always roaming about on his own but on a night like this there was not much attraction in it.
▪ He was still loose, roaming about somewhere.
around
▪ I roamed around archways leading nowhere and windows framed by stone walls standing in isolation.
▪ The old town of Innsbruck is fun to roam around.
▪ She roamed around the countryside and was often seen, but only in the distance.
▪ Mostly, these were just harmless kids, down in South Chicago roaming around like Moonies.
▪ Before next month's Starting Block, try roaming around your hard disk, looking at the different files it contains.
▪ Martvr is another favorite role when the dragons are roaming around.
▪ You simply roam around, safe in the knowledge that round each corner there will be something to please.
freely
▪ However, the consequences of allowing cats to roam freely can be environmentally significant.
▪ Ethanol is thus a powerful solvent that can roam freely throughout the body.
▪ Collectivisation in particular is disastrous for nomadic peoples, who need to roam freely to feed their animals on sparse vegetation.
▪ In their place, dozens of sheep, goats, chickens and geese roam freely.
over
▪ She let her eyes roam over him freely, and longed for her hands to have the same privilege.
▪ At one point she roamed over to the window and gazed out.
■ NOUN
animal
▪ Landscapes are peaceful and unscarred, animals roam free, children never grow up and work is virtually non-existent.
▪ Aeons ago, prehistoric animals roamed these parts and hid in the Paviland Caves below the cliffs.
country
▪ Tagan roamed the country to the north of the company, but it was deserted, empty of both men and beasts.
countryside
▪ She roamed around the countryside and was often seen, but only in the distance.
▪ Would you rather have them roaming the countryside on trail bikes or all-terrain vehicles?
desert
▪ One sensed the aloneness, and would she be roaming the desert if there were a husband to worry about?
▪ Pride is one thing: a wild beast which lives in caves and roams the desert.
forest
▪ The birds are, it is said, permitted to roam about in forests.
▪ There are no restaurants or motels, no industry to speak of, only deer and wild turkey roaming the surrounding forest.
▪ Such double-bodied beings were thought to have roamed the forests and pasturelands adjacent to Arcadian Olympia.
people
▪ They had spent Hogmanay at home, welcoming the groups of people roaming the village as they came round.
street
▪ Since then, excited activists have been roaming the streets, banging drums and chanting.
▪ There was a lot of violence, gangs roaming the streets.
▪ Cowpat stoves were everywhere, using the droppings of the cattle that roamed the streets as a mainstream fuel supply.
▪ Industry, such as it was, almost stood still, and the jobless and underemployed roamed city streets.
▪ Huge rats roamed the streets slaying then devouring their victims.
▪ I bought one the first day I arrived and have been roaming the streets ever since looking for some one to play catch.
▪ It might have been the stories about businessmen roaming the streets with half a million pounds in carrier bags.
world
▪ It was all preparation for her dream job: a foreign correspondent, roaming the world in a trench coat.
▪ The Gods roam the world and mingle in human affairs, but they do so at their own whim.
■ VERB
let
▪ She let her eyes roam over him freely, and longed for her hands to have the same privilege.
▪ Most landlords comply, and let government inspectors roam through the bedrooms and bathrooms of the houses they rent out.
▪ My sister just lets the bairns roam.
▪ He liked to go with a friend-Matt or Joy or Jesse-and I let them roam the gyms at will.
▪ He let his eyes roam her face, as though he was assessing her worthiness as a repository for his secrets.
▪ He let his eyes roam round his surroundings.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ At one point, buffalo freely roamed North America.
▪ Great herds of wild deer roam freely over the hills.
▪ Residents of the Red Hall estate claim to be living in fear of gangs who roam the streets after dark.
▪ The kids roamed the neighborhood on their bikes.
▪ Tourists love roaming about the old town.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Aeons ago, prehistoric animals roamed these parts and hid in the Paviland Caves below the cliffs.
▪ Although visitors will roam the shop floor some things will be closely watched.
▪ He had roamed Queenstown during his lunch hour at the beginning of the week before he could find a roaster for sale.
▪ I am the one scrambling eggs for dinner and sitting on porches with friends while the kids roam the neighborhood on bikes.
▪ Larger numbers of roe deer live near there and Czechoslovakia still has bears and wolves roaming in the wild.
▪ They typically roam a territory of several acres, with life spans similar to humans.
▪ Would you rather have them roaming the countryside on trail bikes or all-terrain vehicles?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Roam

Roam \Roam\ (r[=o]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roamed (r[=o]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Roaming.] [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS. [=a]r[=ae]man to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS. r[=o]m[=o]n to strive after, OHG. r[=a]men. But the word was probably influenced by Rome; cf. OF. romier a pilgrim, originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, It. romeo, Sp. romero. Cf. Ramble.] To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

He roameth to the carpenter's house.
--Chaucer.

Daphne roaming through a thorny wood.
--Shak.

Syn: To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.

Roam

Roam \Roam\, v. t. To range or wander over.

And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam.
--Milton.

Roam

Roam \Roam\, n. The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill and dale.
--Milton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
roam

c.1300, romen, possibly from Old English *ramian "act of wandering about," which is probably related to aræman "arise, lift up." There are no certain cognate forms in other Germanic languages, but Barnhart points to Old Norse reimuðr "act of wandering about," reimast "to haunt." "Except in late puns, there is no evidence of connexion with the Romance words denoting pilgrims or pilgrimages to Rome ...." [OED], such as Spanish romero "a pilot-fish; a pilgrim;" Old French romier "travelling as a pilgrim; a pilgrim," from Medieval Latin romerius "a pilgrim" (originally to Rome). Related: Roamed; roamer; roaming.

Wiktionary
roam

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. 2 (context intransitive computing telecommunications English) To use a network or service from different locations or devices. 3 (context transitive English) To range#Verb or wander over.

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WordNet
roam

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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 rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]

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Wikipedia
Roam

"Roam" is the fourth single from The B-52's' 1989 hit album Cosmic Thing, following "(Shake That) Cosmic Thing," "Channel Z," and " Love Shack." "Roam" was a number-three hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in March 1990, spending a total of 19 weeks on the chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. The vocals are sung by Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson. In February 1991 The B-52s were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Roam".

Roam (public transit)

The Town of Banff, in Banff National Park in Alberta's Rockies, Canada, launched a new rebranded local bus system called Roam in June 2008. There are three routes connecting the town, Tunnel Mountain, the Banff Springs Hotel, and the Banff Gondola. Service is provided using four hybrid Nova buses, each decorated with scenes from the National Park, featuring either a grizzly bear, elk, mountain goat or wolf.

Cash fare is $2 for adults and $1 for seniors and children under 13, with children under 5 riding for free. A $5 Day Pass provides unlimited travel for that day. A Smartcard is available for one, three and six month periods.

Formerly known as Banff Public Transit, the town has had some form of public transportation since 1994, contracted to a variety of private operators. On May 31, 2008, local tour bus company Brewster Inc., took over operation of the revamped system, using the newly acquired fleet.

The Bow Valley Regional Transit Services Commission (BVRTSC) was formally established on 21 April 2011, to provide passenger transportation services in Bow Valley, which includes the municipalities of Canmore, Banff and Improvement District No. 9, and assumed responsibility for Roam public transit services. On December 3, 2012, regional transit service between Banff and Canmore began.

Roam (disambiguation)

" Roam" is the fourth single from The B-52's' 1989 hit album Cosmic Thing.

Roam may also refer to:

  • ROAM (real-time optimally adapting mesh), a computer graphics algorithm
  • Roam (public transit), the bus operator in Banff, Alberta, Canada
  • Roam (band), British pop punk band
ROAM (Réunion des Organismes d'Assurance Mutuelle)

ROAM (Réunion des Organismes d’Assurance Mutuelle) is an association at the service of mutual insurance companies for more that 150 years.

Roam (band)

Roam (often stylized as ROAM) is a British pop punk band from Eastbourne. The band currently consists of vocalist Alex Costello, bass guitarist Matt Roskilly, guitarist and backing vocalist Alex Adam, and guitarist Sam Veness.

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Usage examples of "roam".

The sign advertised the grand opening, phone and location of the store and kept roaming through the neighborhood for four days.

Any of a group of healers, herbalists, agriculturalists, scribes, cartographers, and crafters based in the Head holding and roaming throughout Eiden Myr.

Blood-maddened redcoats, fed on arrack and rum, roamed the vast stronghold with bayonets and greed both sharpened.

Memory either of formerly attained wisdom and virtue--in which case we have a better man and the argument from memory is given up--or memory of past pleasures, as if the man that has arrived at felicity must roam far and wide in search of gratifications and is not contented by the bliss actually within him.

They were possessed by the ghosts of the bluesmen and blueswomen who had once roamed this part of the country.

His hands left her hair to roam her length, at first in gentle inquiry, and then with burgeoning impatience as he sought to learn and explore all of her flesh at once.

Too remorseless for the Spirit of the Waters, too bloodthirsty for the hierarchy of progressive victims, the last Ceratosaurus roamed the thick-leaved jungles in a vain search for the food which could satisfy his gnashing jaws: then died and slept with his fathers.

That of the Spanish settlers was entirely ineffectual, and has remained so down to the present day, when still the shattered remnants of the Lules, Lenguas, Mocobios, and the rest, roam on their horses or in their canoes about the Chaco and its rivers, having received no other benefits from contact with the European races but gunpowder and gin.

He was damned if he was going to get caught here by Covenanters who might be roaming the area.

Badgers and wild coypu and small, frightened wallabies roamed the parching English countryside during the summer dry season.

I told you that old magics are fading and the Darklings and worse are roaming the land?

I could not roam about the house in the dark searching for a light, as I did not know my way, so I went to bed in the dark more inclined to swear than to laugh.

Animals bulkier than the Diplodocus or more forbidding than tyrannosaurus may have roamed the Earth in the thousands, and we may never know it.

A type of large rhino called an elasmotherium roamed across northern Eurasia.

I would fainer dwell in a meaner Liberty with fewer delusions than roam about a great one while being used by the lies and deceptions of the Party in power.