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roam.

To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹəʊm/Received-Pronunciation/ɹoʊm/General-American

  1. To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.

    intransitive

  2. To range or wander over.

    transitive
    Gangs of thugs roamed the streets.

  3. To use a network or service from different locations or devices.

    intransitive

  4. To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English romen, from Old English rāmian, from Proto-Germanic *raimōną (“to wander”), from *raim- (“to move, raise”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move, lift, flow”). Akin to Old English ārǣman (“to arise, stand up, lift up”), Old High German rāmēn (“to aim”) ( > archaic German rahmen (“to strive”)), Middle Dutch rammen (“to night-wander, to copulate”), rammelen (“to wander about, ramble”). More at ramble.

noun/ɹəʊm/Received-Pronunciation/ɹoʊm/General-American

  1. The act of roaming; a wander; a travel without aim or destination

Where this word comes from

From Middle English romen, from Old English rāmian, from Proto-Germanic *raimōną (“to wander”), from *raim- (“to move, raise”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move, lift, flow”). Akin to Old English ārǣman (“to arise, stand up, lift up”), Old High German rāmēn (“to aim”) ( > archaic German rahmen (“to strive”)), Middle Dutch rammen (“to night-wander, to copulate”), rammelen (“to wander about, ramble”). More at ramble.

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