rove

Universal Words verb 1 (written) to travel from one place to another, often with no particular purpose: [V, +adv./prep.] A quarter of a million refugees roved around the country. * [VN] bands of thieves who roved the countryside 2 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] if sb's eyes rove, the person keeps looking in different directions: Ali's eyes roved over the map.