How to pronounce rove
American English pronunciation
ROHV
- IPA
- /ˈɹoʊv/
- Syllables
- ROHV (1 syllable)
Love words? Try a free round: no sign-up, about two minutes. Play free
What rove means
To wander far and wide with no set path
In a sentence: Wild ponies roved across the open hills all summer long.
Where it comes from: It probably comes from roven, a Midlands form of an old northern English word meaning to wander. That word came from an even older word meaning to stray.
Can you spot the real meaning? Try one
Loading a word…
Compare: rove and gallivant
Gallivant is going around to have fun; rove is wandering far and wide with no set path.
See also: gallivant
Can you spot the real meaning? Play Wordfib
One free round, no sign-up. Wordfib shows a word and four meanings: one real, three fibs.