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Roamed

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.

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roamed

vb. (en-past of: roam)

Usage examples of "roamed".

His kisses became hungry and his hands roamed over her gently swelling body, and Sallie cried out wordlessly as desire flamed through her.

His eyes roamed slowly, intently over her face, as if he were trying to read something in the serenity of her expression.

Now her fevered gaze roamed over him again, anxiously, and she found other marks of other battles.

She felt him quiver under her mouth and knew that he was awake, but still she roamed over his body, her gentle hands caressing him.

Her hands roamed his body as his had roamed hers, im­patiently brushing away the layers of cloth that separated her from his hard muscled flesh.

Her thoughts roamed restlessly, trying to piece her snippets of information into a coherent picture.

Joe roamed in front of her, periodically coming back as if to check on her, then going off on his own pursuits again.

Perhaps because of the wind, that hot, irritating wind, or perhaps because they were unsettled by Rubio's attack on the Mexican, several of the men roamed about restlessly all night.

Chance roamed the world, though he always came back to Wyoming, to the mountain that was his only home.

She was sick and tired of being left at home every day while he roamed all over the nation, for God's sake.

Now Roanna was still and silent, and her brown eyes roamed from face to face, absorbing nuances of expression tones, reactions.

When she wasn’t there to see, or when she was asleep, he roamed the house, or—depending on where they were at the time—the neighborhood or the countryside.

The little bull enjoyed the wild excitement of the chase so much that thereafter he roamed with Rufous, and when their herd reassembled under the leadership of their determined cow, the two moved eastward to the twin pillars, where the self-orphaned bull grew into a stalwart animal.

Bison roamed the area by the thousands, and always had, and as calves they learned to avoid the rattlers.

We share many things,” and they smoked the pipe, and for a century after that—indeed, for as long as Indians roamed the plains—no Cheyenne ever fought with Our People, and no Cheyenne in distress ever sought aid from Our People without receiving it.