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roving

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rove 1  (rv)
v. roved, rov·ing, roves
v.intr.
To wander about at random, especially over a wide area; roam.
v.tr.
To roam or wander around, over, or through. See Synonyms at wander.
n.
An act of wandering about, over, around, or through.

[Middle English roven, to shoot arrows at a mark.]

rove 2  (rv)
tr.v. roved, rov·ing, roves
1. To card (wool).
2. To put (fibers) through an eye or opening.
3. To stretch and twist (fibers) before spinning; ravel out.
n.
A slightly twisted and extended fiber or sliver.

[Origin unknown.]

rove 3  (rv)
v. Nautical
A past tense and a past participle of reeve2.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rovingroving - travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
drifting - aimless wandering from place to place
Adj.1.rovingroving - migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"
unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"
Translations
roving [ˈrəʊvɪŋ] ADJ (= wandering) → errante; [salesman] → ambulante; [ambassador] → itinerante; [reporter] → volante, sin puesto fijo; [disposition] → andariego
to have a roving commission (fig) → tener vía libre para investigar donde sea necesario
he has a roving eyese le van los ojos tras las faldas
roving
adj (= itinerant) musicians(herum)ziehend; gangvagabundierend; he has a roving eyeer riskiert gern ein Auge; roving lifeVagabundenleben nt
nVagabundieren nt no pl

roving:
roving ambassador
nBotschafter(in) m(f)für mehrere Vertretungen
roving commission
nweitläufiges Mandat; (= travelling)Reisemandat nt; to have a roving to do somethingeine umfassende Befugnis haben, etw zu tun
roving reporter
roving [ˈrəʊvɪŋ] adj (person) → vagabondo/a; (life) → itinerante
he has a roving eye → gli piace adocchiare le donne
to have a roving commission → avere piena libertà d'azione or di manovra
roving [ˈrəʊvɪŋ] adj (person) → vagabondo/a; (life) → itinerante
he has a roving eye → gli piace adocchiare le donne
to have a roving commission → avere piena libertà d'azione or di manovra


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The third day brought a diversion in the shape of a trap by a roving party of the Sheriff's men.
This explains the welcome given by Chinese Emperors and Caliphs of Bagdad to all roving minstrels in whose immortality, like flies in amber, they are caught.
Take these, Son of Maia, and tend the wild roving, horned oxen and horses and patient mules.
 
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