Nearby Words
Colorful wool roving www.knitpicks.com/Free_Shipping Exclusive colorways from Hanks in the Hood. Wool & bamboo blends.
Roving www.paradisefibers.net Great Selection of Roving Fibers - $2 Shipping on Orders of $75+!
Colorful Felting Fibers www.weirdollsandcrafts.com Quality wool roving from $2.25/oz, Huge selection, yummy colors.
Ads
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.
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Roving
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used without object)
1.
to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, especially over a wide area.
verb (used with object)
2.
to wander over or through; traverse: to rove the woods.
noun
3.
an act or instance of roving.
Origin:
1490–1500; orig., to shoot at a random target; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse rāfa to stray; but compare also Old French raver to roam
1490–1500; orig., to shoot at a random target; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse rāfa to stray; but compare also Old French raver to roam
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of reeve2.
verb (used with object)
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.
noun
4.
British. roving2.
Origin:
1780–90; of obscure origin
1780–90; of obscure origin
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To roving
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
rove
"to wander with no fixed destination," 1536, possibly a Midlands dialectal variant of northern Eng. and Scottish rave "to wander, stray," from M.E. raven, probably from O.N. rafa "to wander, rove." Infl. by rover (q.v.). Earliest sense was "to shoot arrows at a mark selected at pleasure or at random"
EXPAND(1474).
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
roving
in archery, form of practice or competition dating from at least the 16th century, when it was practiced by the Honourable Artillery Company at Finsbury Fields near London. Archers set up many marks on the field and shot from one to the next in sequence, the object being, as in golf, to use the fewest shots in completing the course. Roving is similar to modern field archery, which, in fact, is sometimes called roving.
Learn more about roving with a free trial on Britannica.com.
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Matching Quote
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.