Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 24 compound words that contain rove. The most common are listed below. Open rove in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- rove beetleAny of various carnivorous or scavenging beetles of the family Staphylinidae that are often found in decaying matter and have slender bodies and short wing covers.
- rove beetlesplural of rove beetle: Any of various carnivorous or scavenging beetles of the family Staphylinidae that are often found in decaying matter and have slender bodies and short wing covers.
- crab-like rove beetleAny rove beetle in the subfamily Tachyporinae.
- crab-like rove beetlesplural of crab-like rove beetle: Any rove beetle in the subfamily Tachyporinae.
Compound words 24
- roverOne who roves: a person or animal that travels around, especially over a wide area, without a fixed destination; a nomad, a roamer, a wanderer.
- RovianOf or pertaining to the political theory that a lie told often enough will be accepted as the truth, and that the truth is no longer relevant to democratic politics.
- unroveTo separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together.
- rovestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of rove
- roveththird-person singular simple present indicative of rove: To shoot with arrows (at).
- improveTo make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- approveTo officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
- mangroveAny of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus …
- WingroveA placename:
- bedrovesimple past of bedrive