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- Dictionaryroam/rəʊm/
verb
- 1. move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area: "tigers once roamed over most of Asia"
- 2. use a mobile phone on another operator's network, typically while abroad: "Orange now allows Pay As You Go mobile phone customers to roam in the US"
noun
- 1. an aimless walk: "did you get to explore the city or have a roam around Bath?"
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ROAM definition: 1. to move about or travel, especially without a clear idea of what you are going to do: 2. If…. Learn more.
1. : to go from place to place without purpose or direction : wander. 2. : to travel purposefully unhindered through a wide area. cattle roaming in search of water. 3. : to use a cellular phone outside one's local calling area. roaming charges. transitive verb. : to range or wander over. roam noun. roamer noun. Synonyms. bat. cruise. drift. float.
to move about or travel, especially without a clear idea of what you are going to do: After the bars close, groups of drunk college students roam the city streets. She roamed around America for a year, working in bars and restaurants. Synonyms. drift. range. rove. wander. Compare. tramp verb. ramble verb. [ I or T ]
Roam definition: to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove. See examples of ROAM used in a sentence.
1. To move about without purpose or plan; wander. See Synonyms at wander. 2. To turn the attention from one subject to another with little clarity or coherence of thought: I could hear the speaker, but my thoughts were roaming. 3. a. To move or pass over the body: His hands roamed over her body. b.
roam implies a wandering or traveling over a large area, esp. as prompted by restlessness or curiosity: to roam through a forest. ramble implies pleasant, carefree moving about, walking with no specific purpose and for a limited distance: to ramble through fields near home. range usually implies wandering over a more or less defined but ...
When you wander without a plan or a specific destination, you roam. Your cat may stay close to your house when you let her outside, or she may roam around the neighborhood all day. Dogs and kids on bikes tend to roam in packs, looking for food or fun, while a tiger in the zoo roams aimlessly around his enclosure.
