Word Study
roam
CIDE DICTIONARY
roam, v. i. [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS. ār to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS. r to strive after, OHG. rāmen. 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. [1913 Webster]
"He roameth to the carpenter's house." [1913 Webster]
"Daphne roaming through a thorny wood." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
roam, v. t.
To range or wander over. [1913 Webster]
"And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam." [1913 Webster]
roam, n.
The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill and dale. Milton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roam, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. ramble, wander.
2 tr. travel unsystematically over, through, or about.
--n. an act of roaming; a ramble.
--v.
1 intr. ramble, wander.
2 tr. travel unsystematically over, through, or about.
--n. an act of roaming; a ramble.
Derivative
roamer n.
Etymology
ME: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
roam
amble, bat, bat around, bum, circumambulate, count ties, cruise, dally, dawdle, divagate, drift, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, jaunt, knock about, knock around, meander, mooch, mosey, nomadize, perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, prowl, ramble, range, rove, run about, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, swan, traipse, tramp, travel, vagabond, vagabondize, voyage, walk, walk the tracks, wander, wayfareROGET THESAURUS
roam
Journey
VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.For further exploring for "roam" in Webster Dictionary Online
