roving 音标拼音: [r'ovɪŋ]
a . 徘徊的,流动的
n . 流浪,漫游,粗纱
徘徊的,流动的流浪,漫游,粗纱
roving adj 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 " [
synonym : {
mobile }, {
nomadic }, {
peregrine }, {
roving },
{
wandering }]
n 1 :
travelling about without any clear destination ; "
she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him " [
synonym :
{
wandering }, {
roving }, {
vagabondage }]
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 .
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2 .
Hence ,
to wander ;
to ramble ;
to rauge ;
to go ,
move ,
or pass without certain direction in any manner ,
by sailing ,
walking ,
riding ,
flying ,
or otherwise .
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For who has power to walk has power to rove .
--
Arbuthnot .
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3 . (
Archery )
To shoot at rovers ;
hence ,
to shoot at an angle of elevation ,
not at point -
blank (
rovers usually being beyond the point -
blank range ).
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Fair Venus '
son ,
that with thy cruel dart At that good knight so cunningly didst rove .
--
Spenser .
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Syn :
To wander ;
roam ;
range ;
ramble stroll .
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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 .
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2 .
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted ;
a rove .
See 2d {
Rove },
2 .
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{
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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156 Moby Thesaurus words for "
roving ":
Wanderjahr ,
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
adrift ,
afloat ,
afoot and lighthearted ,
aimless ,
aimlessness ,
alternating ,
amorphous ,
bumming ,
by the way ,
capricious ,
changeable ,
changeful ,
circuitous ,
circumforaneous ,
departing ,
desultoriness ,
desultory ,
deviable ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devious ,
digressive ,
digressiveness ,
discursion ,
discursive ,
discursiveness ,
divagation ,
divagatory ,
dizzy ,
drifting ,
eccentric ,
episodic ,
errant ,
errantry ,
erratic ,
excursive ,
fast and loose ,
fickle ,
fitful ,
flickering ,
flighty ,
flitting ,
floating ,
fluctuating ,
footloose ,
footloose and fancy -
free ,
freakish ,
fugitive ,
gadding ,
giddy ,
gypsy -
like ,
gypsyish ,
hoboism ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
inconsistent ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
indirect ,
infirm ,
irregular ,
irresolute ,
irresponsible ,
itineracy ,
itinerancy ,
labyrinthine ,
landloping ,
loose ,
maundering ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
mercurial ,
migrational ,
migratory ,
moody ,
nomad ,
nomadic ,
nomadism ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
perambulatory ,
peregrination ,
pererration ,
peripatetic ,
planetary ,
ramble ,
rambling ,
ranging ,
restless ,
roam ,
roaming ,
rove ,
scatterbrained ,
serpentine ,
shapeless ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
shuffling ,
snaky ,
spasmodic ,
spineless ,
straggling ,
stray ,
straying ,
strolling ,
swerving ,
traipsing ,
transient ,
transitory ,
transmigratory ,
turning ,
twisting ,
unaccountable ,
uncertain ,
uncontrolled ,
undependable ,
undirected ,
undisciplined ,
unfixed ,
unpredictable ,
unreliable ,
unrestrained ,
unsettled ,
unstable ,
unstable as water ,
unstaid ,
unsteadfast ,
unsteady ,
vacillating ,
vagabond ,
vagabondage ,
vagabondia ,
vagabondism ,
vagrancy ,
vagrant ,
variable ,
veering ,
vicissitudinary ,
vicissitudinous ,
volatile ,
wandering ,
wanderlust ,
wanton ,
wavering ,
wavery ,
wavy ,
wayfaring ,
wayward ,
whimsical ,
winding ,
wishy -
washy ,
zigzag
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ROVING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of ROVING is not restricted as to location or area of concern How to use roving in a sentence
Roving - Wikipedia Roving Grey and white wool roving A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber Rovings are produced during the process of making spun yarn from wool fleece, raw cotton, or other fibres Their main use is as fibre prepared for spinning, but they may also be used for specialised kinds of knitting or other textile arts
ROVING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary ROVING definition: 1 travelling from place to place: 2 traveling from place to place: Learn more
ROVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of ROVE is to move aimlessly : roam Synonym Discussion of Rove
ROVING Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com ROVING definition: roaming or wandering See examples of roving used in a sentence
roving - Wiktionary, the free dictionary roving (comparative more roving, superlative most roving) Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place
ROVING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary ROVING meaning: 1 travelling from place to place: 2 traveling from place to place: Learn more
Spinning Tips: What Are Roving, Top, and Sliver? | Spin Off A roving is a carded preparation whether produced by hand or industrial equipment It is commonly wrist-thick, though thickness can vary; one way or another, a roving is usually made from a batt, either pulled off the carding equipment in roving form, or in some cases, pulled later from a batt
What Are Rovings? From Fiber Arts to Composites A roving is a long, continuous bundle of fibers that has been partially processed but not yet spun into finished yarn or embedded into a final product The term spans two very different worlds: textile manufacturing, where rovings are an intermediate step between raw fiber and spun yarn, and composite manufacturing, where rovings are bundles of glass or carbon fibers used to reinforce plastics
ROVING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 4 meanings: 1 travelling around, rather than staying in a fixed place 2 Australian Rules football playing as a rover 3 → See Click for more definitions