Definitions for roving

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roving rov·ing

Spelling: [roh-ving]

IPA: /ˈroʊ vɪŋ/

Roving is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in roving (ginorv).

Definitions for roving

noun

1. a soft strand of fiber that has been twisted, attenuated, and freed of foreign matter preparatory to its conversion into yarn.
2. the final phase of carding, in which this is done.
3. an act or instance of roving.
4. British. roving2 .

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of reeve2 .

adjective

1. roaming or wandering.
2. not assigned or restricted to any particular location, area, topic, etc.:
3. not assigned to any particular diplomatic post but having a special mission:

verb (used with object)

1. to wander over or through; traverse:
2. to form (slivers of wool, cotton, etc.) into slightly twisted strands in a preparatory process of spinning.
3. to draw fibers or the like through an eye or other small opening.
4. to attenuate, compress, and twist slightly in carding.

verb (used without object)

1. to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, especially over a wide area.

Origin of roving

First recorded in 1590-1600; rove¹ + -ing²

Examples for roving

Her foreign tours include the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and several years as a roving foreign correspondent worldwide.

And, perhaps most importantly, you will find a roving cast of characters—the employees of distillery.

Like his Swedish counterpart, he is said to have a roving eye, which has not gone down well with Sofia, his Greek-born consort.

A roving gang of youths armed with bats and huge boom boxes hunt the band.

There, for the first time in history, man had ceased to be a roving animal.

But friends close to the couple say his roving eye kept roving.

Rain had driven to shelter the roving dogs which had troubled us last night.

On the other hand, the quick, roving eye of the scout seldom rested.

My roving excursion this day had fatigued my body, and diverted my imagination.

The hunters were roving the open, and even Hal Dozier was at fault.