roam
    v 1: 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"
         [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,
         cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]

Roam \Roam\, n.
   The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his
   roam o'er hill and dale. --Milton.
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Roam \Roam\ (r[=o]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roamed (r[=o]md); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Roaming.] [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS.
   [=a]r[=ae]man to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS.
   r[=o]m[=o]n to strive after, OHG. r[=a]men. But the word was
   probably influenced by Rome; cf. OF. romier a pilgrim,
   originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, It. romeo, Sp. romero.
   Cf. Ramble.]
   To go from place to place without any certain purpose or
   direction; to rove; to wander.
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         He roameth to the carpenter's house.     --Chaucer.
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         Daphne roaming through a thorny wood.    --Shak.
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   Syn: To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
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Roam \Roam\, v. t.
   To range or wander over.
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         And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam.
                                                  --Milton.
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