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# roam

verb (roam, roams, roamed, roaming); noun (a roam — rare)

«roam» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To walk or travel around with no fixed plan, often over a wide area. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#m1)
2. (phones) To use a mobile phone abroad through another network («roaming»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#m2)
3. (of eyes or thoughts) To move from place to place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and geography: buffalo roam the plains; wild horses roam in Australia. In stories, children roam the woods. With phones, «roaming charges» can cost a lot abroad. Phrases: «free to roam», «roam the streets», «roaming charges».

### Examples

- Wild ponies roam across the moor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#x1)
- We roamed the beach looking for shells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#x2)
- The dog was free to roam the farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#x3)
- Turn off data roaming when you go abroad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#x4)
- Her eyes roamed around the busy room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#x5)
- Dinosaurs once roamed the Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#x6)
- A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Do not confuse with «Rome» (city) — same sound. Safety: children should not roam far without telling an adult.

## In Jewish tradition

In Jeremiah it means to wander freely and say they need no God.

**Interpretation.** The prophet scolds Israel for proudly leaving God, and tradition reads it as a warning against wandering from Him.

### Examples

- Wherefore say My people: 'We roam at large; we will come no more unto Thee'? (Prophets JER.2.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roam/#x1)

### Note

Regular verb. Do not confuse with «Rome» (city) — same sound. Safety: children should not roam far without telling an adult.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «roam» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roam/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roam» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roam.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «roam» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roam/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roam» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/roam.html) on Mova free.