roam - Very Detailed Details ENG

roam

/rəʊm/

1 intransitive, transitive to walk or travel around an area without any definite aim or direction

SYNONYM wander

+ adv./prep. The sheep are allowed to roam freely on this land.

Ramblers are calling for the right to roam (= the freedom to walk in open countryside) to be extended.

roam something to roam the countryside/the streets

Collocations

adverb

verb + roam

allow somebody/something to

let somebody/something

preposition

about

around

across

phrases

the freedom to roam

the right to roam

roam the earth…

2 intransitive, transitive (of the eyes or hands) to move slowly over every part of somebody/something

roam over something/somebody His gaze roamed over her.

Her eyes roamed over him, assessing him.

roam something/somebody Her eyes roamed the room.

Word Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

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