Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rove

1 sense of rove

Sense 1
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (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")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reeve

3 senses of reeve

Sense 1
reeve -- (pass a rope through; "reeve an opening")
       => pass through -- (cause to move through; "Pass a chemical through a solution")

Sense 2
reeve -- (pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope")
       => pass through -- (cause to move through; "Pass a chemical through a solution")

Sense 3
reeve -- (fasten by passing through a hole or around something)
       => pass through -- (cause to move through; "Pass a chemical through a solution")

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