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Antonyms for roam

Grammar : Verb
Spell : rohm
Phonetic Transcription : roʊm


Definition of roam

Origin :
  • c.1300, romen, possibly from Old English *ramian "act of wandering about," which is probably related to aræman "arise, lift up." There are no certain cognate forms in other Germanic languages, but Barnhart points to Old Norse reimuðr "act of wandering about," reimast "to haunt." "Except in late puns, there is no evidence of connexion with the Romance words denoting pilgrims or pilgrimages to Rome ...." [OED], such as Spanish romero "a pilot-fish; a pilgrim;" Old French romier "travelling as a pilgrim; a pilgrim," from Medieval Latin romerius "a pilgrim" (originally to Rome). Related: Roamed; roamer; roaming.
  • verb wander about
Example sentences :
  • That he might be; but he was not so forlorn as to roam away and leave them together.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • She had always lived indoors and had never been allowed to roam the neighborhood.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • Like the gypsies of old, but with vastly more territory to roam.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • Us two had all creation to roam 'round in, and we landed at Eastboro Twin-Lights.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But I think they are happiest when they are free to roam the woods where they like.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • The men from Redmans have as much right to roam around as we have.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • In Cebú and Negros Islands they were permitted to roam about on the highroads and beg.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • Animals, insects eating it, could roam the Earth, gigantic monsters.
  • Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings
  • Now he was free, the wide plains before him over which to roam.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • He was not to allow them to roam at pleasure, or play with the wicked children of the world.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

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