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rov·ing1 
[roh-ving] Pronunciation Key
[roh-ving] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | roaming or wandering. |
| 2. | not assigned or restricted to any particular location, area, topic, etc.: a roving editor. |
| 3. | not assigned to any particular diplomatic post but having a special mission: a roving ambassador. |
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rov·ing2
[roh-ving] Pronunciation Key
[roh-ving] Pronunciation Key –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. |
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[rohv] Pronunciation Key, verb, roved, rov·ing, noun
[rohv] Pronunciation Key, verb, roved, rov·ing, noun –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, esp. over a wide area. |
| 2. | to wander over or through; traverse: to rove the woods. |
| 3. | an act or instance of roving. |
[Origin: 1490–1500; orig., to shoot at a random target; perh. < Scand; cf. ON rāfa to stray; but cf. also OF raver to roam]
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[rohv] Pronunciation Key, verb, roved, rov·ing, noun
[rohv] Pronunciation Key, verb, roved, rov·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to form (slivers of wool, cotton, etc.) into slightly twisted strands in a preparatory process of spinning. |
| 2. | to draw fibers or the like through an eye or other small opening. |
| 3. | to attenuate, compress, and twist slightly in carding. |
| 4. | British. roving2. |
[Origin: 1780–90; of obscure orig.]
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| rove 1
(rōv) Pronunciation Key
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.] |
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| rove 2
(rōv) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. roved, rov·ing, roves
n. A slightly twisted and extended fiber or sliver. [Origin unknown.] |
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| roving | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" [syn: mobile] |
noun | |
| 1. | travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" [syn: wandering] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Roving
Rov"ing\, n. 1. The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine. 2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2. Roving frame, Roving machine, a machine for drawing and twisting roves and twisting roves and winding them on bobbin for the spinning machine.
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Roving
Rov"ing\, n. The act of one who roves or wanders.
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