roving (redirected from rovings)

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.

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

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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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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rove ³  (rv)

v. Nautical

A past tense and a past participle of reeve².

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	roving - travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" vagabondage, wandering 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.	roving - 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" mobile, nomadic, peregrine, wandering 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 eye → se le van los ojos tras las faldas

roving

adj (= itinerant) musicians → (herum)ziehend; gang → vagabundierend; he has a roving eye → er riskiert gern ein Auge; roving life → Vagabundenleben nt

n → Vagabundieren nt no pl

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roving:

roving ambassador

n → Botschafter(in) m(f) → für mehrere Vertretungen

roving commission

n → weitläufiges Mandat; (= travelling) → Reisemandat nt; to have a roving to do something → eine umfassende Befugnis haben, etw zu tun

roving reporter

n → Reporter, der ständig unterwegs ist, rasender Reporter (hum)

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