rove

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for rove

rove 🔊 /ɹowˈv/

rove : ඉබාගතේ යනවා

rove : කරකැවෙනවා

rove definition

Imperative. & Past Participle. of Reeve

Transitive verb.

  1. To draw through an eye or aperture.
  2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
  3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
  4. To wander over or through.
  5. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.

Noun.

  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.
  3. The act of wandering; a ramble.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
  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.
  3. To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).