Roving
11roving — [[t]ro͟ʊvɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use roving to describe a person who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place. He is to join the BBC to cover the Olympic Games in Barcelona next month as a roving reporter... Left to raise themselves …
12roving — rov|ing [ rouvıŋ ] adjective traveling around from place to place, especially as part of your job: a roving ambassador/reporter have a roving eye to be always looking for an opportunity to start a new sexual relationship …
13roving — UK [ˈrəʊvɪŋ] / US [ˈroʊvɪŋ] adjective travelling around from place to place, especially as part of your job a roving ambassador/reporter • have a roving eye …
14Roving — Rove Rove, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roving}.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See {Reave}, {Rob}.] 1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.] Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence,… …
15roving — I. adjective Etymology: 1rove Date: 1590 1. a. not restricted as to location or area of concern b. capable of being shifted from place to place ; mobile 2. inclined to ramble or stray < a roving fancy > II …
16roving — adjective /ˈɹowvɪŋ/ wandering freely. His roving eyes never focused on anything specific. Syn: wandering …
17roving — adj. Roving is used with these nouns: ↑ambassador, ↑commission, ↑reporter …
18roving — [ˈrəʊvɪŋ] adj travelling around from place to place a roving reporter[/ex] …
19Roving frame — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton… …
20Roving machine — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton… …
