verb
- Pass a rope through.
- usage: "reeve an opening"
- synonyms: reeve
- Pass through a hole or opening.
- usage: "reeve a rope"
- synonyms: reeve
- Fasten by passing through a hole or around something.
- synonyms: reeve
- Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
- usage: "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"; "They rolled from town to town"
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