What is "rove"

Rove \Rove\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roved; p. pr. & vb. n. Roving.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See Reave, Rob.]

1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.]
   --Hakluyt.

2. Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.

   For who has power to walk has power to rove.
   --Arbuthnot.

3. (Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).

   Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart At that good knight so cunningly didst rove.
   --Spenser.

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

Rove \Rove\ (r[=o]v), n.

1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.

2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.

Rove \Rove\ (r[=o]v), v. t. [perhaps fr. or akin to reeve.]

1. To draw through an eye or aperture.

2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
   --Jamieson.

3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.

Rove \Rove\, n. The act of wandering; a ramble.

In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt.
--Young.

Rove beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family Staphylinid[ae], having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely. They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.

Rove \Rove\, v. t.

1. To wander over or through.

   Roving the field, I chanced A goodly tree far distant to behold.
   --milton.

2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.

Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rove (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeving.] [Cf. D. reven. See Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

"to wander with no fixed destination," 1530s (earliest sense was "to shoot arrows at a mark selected at pleasure or at random," late 15c.); possibly a Midlands dialectal variant of northern English and Scottish rave "to wander, stray," from Middle English raven, probably from Old Norse rafa "to wander, rove" (compare rave (v.)). Influenced by rover, if not a back-formation from it. Related: Roved; roving.

Etymology 1 n. 1 A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding. 2 A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving. 3 The act of wandering; a ramble. vb. 1 (context obsolete intransitive English) To shoot with arrows (at). 2 (context intransitive English) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide are

1. 3 (context transitive English) To roam or wander through. 4 (context transitive English) To card wool or other fibres. 5 To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning. 6 To draw through an eye or aperture. 7 To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together. 8 To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate. Etymology 2

   v

2. (en-simple past of: rive)

1. n. female ruff

2. v. pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"

3. pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"

4. fasten by passing through a hole or around something

5. [also: rove]

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, roam, cast, ramble, range, drift, vagabond]

See reeve

Rove, formerly Rove Live, was an Australian television variety show which premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999, before moving to Network Ten which aired the program from 2000 until November, 2009. The show was hosted by comedian Rove McManus, and featured an ensemble cast, who presented various segments throughout the course of the show. The show won the Logie Award for "Most Popular Light Entertainment Program" five times (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009).

Rove may refer to:

• Rove (Australian TV series)
  • Rove McManus, host of the above Australian television series
• Rove beetle, members of the short-winged beetle family Staphylinidae
• Rove goat, a breed of goat
• Karl Rove, American political strategist
• Rove, Honiara, a suburb of Honiara, Solomon Islands