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# rover

noun (a rover, rovers)

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

## Everyday

1. A rover is a vehicle that drives around on the surface of another planet or the Moon to explore it, like the Mars rovers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#m1)
2. A rover is a person or animal that wanders from place to place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#m2)
3. Rover is an old-fashioned common name for a pet dog, used in jokes and stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#m3)
4. A Rover Scout is an older member of the Scouts in some countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about space, rovers such as Curiosity and Perseverance drive on Mars, take photos, drill rocks and look for signs of water and past life; they are robots controlled from Earth. In stories «Rover» is the dog's name and «a rover» is a traveller with no home. Phrases: Mars rover, lunar rover, a roving reporter.

### Examples

- The rover took photos of red rocks on Mars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x1)
- Engineers on Earth send instructions to the rover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x2)
- A message takes minutes to travel from Earth to the rover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x3)
- The lunar rover carried astronauts across the Moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x4)
- We built a model rover out of a shoebox and bottle tops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x5)
- The old sailor had been a rover all his life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x6)
- «Come here, Rover!» called the farmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x7)
- The rover's wheels got stuck in the sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x8)
- Ralph the Rover walked the deck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rover/#x9)

### Note

Countable: one rover, two rovers. Comes from the verb «rove», meaning to wander. Names of real rovers have capitals (Curiosity, Perseverance). Fact: rovers move very slowly and cannot be steered live with a joystick, because signals take several minutes to reach Mars. Land Rover is a car brand, a name.

## On Mova

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