roam

roam
1. intransitive verb
umherstreifen; herumstreifen (ugs.); [Nomade:] wandern; (stray) [Tier:] streunen
2. transitive verb
streifen durch; durchstreifen (geh.)
Phrasal Verbs:
- academic.ru/120654/roam_about">roam about
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[rəum]
verb
(to walk about without any fixed plan or purpose; to wander: He roamed from town to town; He roamed (over) the hills.) stromern
- roamer
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roam
[rəʊm, AM roʊm]
I. vi
1. (travel aimlessly)
to \roam about/around/over/through umherstreifen, umherziehen
2. mind, thoughts abschweifen
3. COMPUT roamen
II. vt
to \roam the streets durch die Straßen ziehen fam; dog herumstreunen
to \roam the internet [im Internet] surfen
III. n [Herum]wandern nt kein pl
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[rəʊm]
1. vt
streets, countryside wandern or ziehen durch

to roam the (seven) seas — die sieben Meere durchkreuzen

to roam the streets (child, dog) — (in den Straßen) herumstreunen

to roam the earth/world — durch die Welt ziehen

2. vi
(herum)wandern; (hum, hands) wandern, sich verirren
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roam [rəʊm]
A v/i
1. auch roam about (oder around) (umher)streifen, (-)wandern:
roam about the world in der Welt herumziehen
2. fig schweifen (Blicke, Gedanken etc)
B v/t durchstreifen, -wandern (beide auch fig):
roam the seas alle Meere befahren
C s Wandern n, Umherstreifen n
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1. intransitive verb
umherstreifen; herumstreifen (ugs.); [Nomade:] wandern; (stray) [Tier:] streunen
2. transitive verb
streifen durch; durchstreifen (geh.)
Phrasal Verbs:
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v.
schlendern v.
wandern v.

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