Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roam"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roam \Roam\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Roaming}.] [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS. [=a]r?man to raise,
rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS. r?m?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.
He roameth to the carpenter's house. --Chaucer.
Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. --Shak.
Syn: To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roam \Roam\, v. t.
To range or wander over.
And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam.
--Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roam \Roam\, n.
The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his
roam o'er hill amd dale. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roam
v : 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" [syn: {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {tramp},
{cast}, {ramble}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
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