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   roam

   /rəʊm/

   verb

   • 1. move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area: "tigers once roamed over most of Asia"
   • ▪ travel unsystematically over, through, or about (a place): "gangs of youths roamed the streets unopposed"
   • ▪ (of a person's eyes or hands) pass lightly over something without stopping: "her eyes roamed over the chattering women"
   • ▪ (of a person's mind or thoughts) drift along without dwelling on anything in particular: "he let his mind roam as he walked"
   • 2. use a mobile phone on another operator's network, typically while abroad: "Orange now allows Pay As You Go mobile phone customers to roam in the US"

   noun

   • 1. an aimless walk: "did you get to explore the city or have a roam around Bath?"

   Word Origin Middle English: of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. roamer noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

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