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Webster 1913 Edition

Roam

Roam

(rōm)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Roamed
(rōmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Roaming
.]
[OE.
romen
,
ramen
; cf. AS.
ārǣman
to raise, rise, D.
ramen
to hit, plan, aim, OS.
rōmōn
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.
He
roameth
to the carpenter’s house.
Chaucer.
Daphne
roaming
through a thorny wood.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.

Roam

,
Verb.
T.
To range or wander over.
And now wild beasts came forth the woods to
roam
.
Milton.

Roam

,
Noun.
The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble;
as, he began his
roam
o'er hill and dale
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Roam

ROAM

,
Verb.
I.
[If m is radical, this word seems to be connected with ramble, L. ramus.]
To wander; to ramble; to rove; to walk or move about from place to place without any certain purpose or direction. The wolf and the savage roam in the forest.
Daphne roaming through a thorny wood.

ROAM

,
Verb.
T.
To range; to wander over; as, to roam the woods; but the phrase is elliptical.

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