rover
1a person who roves; wanderer.
Archery.
a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area.
one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance.
an archer who shoots at such a mark.
Croquet. a ball that has been driven through all the arches and needs only to strike the last peg to be out of the game.
British.
(at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only.
a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older.
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1Words Nearby rover
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a pirate.
Obsolete. a pirate ship.
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2Other definitions for rover (3 of 4)
a machine that twists, draws out, and cleans fibers prior to spinning; a roving machine.
a roving-machine operator.
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3Other definitions for Rover (4 of 4)
a familiar name for a dog.
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How to use rover in a sentence
rover engineers say they also hope to hear the wheels crunch as the rover drives.
“We found the parking lot and hit it,” Chen said, avoiding dangerous terrain that was all but certain to doom the rover.
NASA rover Perseverance lands on Mars in mission to search for past life | Joel Achenbach, Sarah Kaplan, Ben Guarino | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostOnboard systems tracked the surface for hazards during descent and steered the rover away from any threats.
This is the first image taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Now the hunt for life begins. | Neel Patel | February 18, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewMars is far enough away from Earth that any radio signal we send the rover takes seven minutes to reach Mars.
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars. Now it will look for signs of ancient life. | Brian Resnick | February 18, 2021 | VoxThe voyage culminated in the skycrane gently lowering the rover to the surface before rocketing off to land at a safe distance.
However, several probes—most recently the Curiosity rover—have measured methane in the Martian atmosphere.
Jeep steadily gave up a market it had created to rivals, particularly Toyota and Range rover.
But the runaway best example of the game is another cluster of British luxury vehicles—Range rover, Land rover and Jaguar.
The prototype Land rover was designed by a Jeep owner and built on a Jeep chassis.
Knee deep in mud, sweat mixing with rain, they forced the Land rover through the jungle.
The great big dog is named rover, the middle-sized one Brownie, and the little yellow curly one Wienerwurst.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonBut once when Hepzebiah fell in the pond after her doll, rover swam in and caught her dress in his mouth and brought her to shore.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonUnder the big oak by the brook sat the three happy children with rover, Brownie, and little yellow Wienerwurst.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Andersonrover and Brownie and Wienerwurst lay curled up in their kennels, with their eyes tight shut.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonA strange word for the old rover; but we all have a taste for home and the home-like, disguise it how we may.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for rover (1 of 4)
/ (ˈrəʊvə) /
a person who roves; wanderer
archery a mark selected at random for use as a target
croquet a ball that has been driven through all the hoops but has not yet hit the winning peg
Australian rules football one of the three players in the ruck, usually smaller than the other two, selected for his agility in play
a small remote-controlled vehicle which roams over rough, esp extraterrestrial, terrain taking photographs, gathering rock and soil samples, etc
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1British Dictionary definitions for rover (2 of 4)
/ (ˈrəʊvə) /
a pirate or pirate ship
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2British Dictionary definitions for rover (3 of 4)
/ (ˈrəʊvə) /
a machine for roving wool, cotton, etc, or a person who operates such a machine
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3British Dictionary definitions for Rover (4 of 4)
Rover Scout
/ (ˈrəʊvə) /
British the former name for Venture Scout
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