rove

rove
v
wander about, meander, ramble, straggle, roam, stray, range, drift; move hither and thither, go from pillar to post, cruise, gad about, flit, go aimlessly; Inf. knock about, Sl. bum around, Inf. run around, gallivant, jaunt; walk, stroll, saunter, amble, perambulate, circumambulate, prowl; wander over or through, traverse, cross, pass through or over, explore, scout, walk or range over; traipse, tramp, march, trudge, plod along, wend one's way, make one's way; trek, travel, journey, peregrinate, migrate, nomadize.

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