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rove (n.)
1.travelling about without any clear destination"she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
rove (v. intr.)
1.(literary)move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment"The gypsies roamed the woods" "roving vagabonds" "the wandering Jew" "The cattle roam across the prairie" "the laborers drift from one town to the next" "They rolled from town to town"
rove (v. trans.)
1.to pull out and twist (fibres of wool, cotton etc) lightly, as before spinning or in carding.
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"
2.continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another"a drifting double-dealer" "the floating population" "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
roving (n.)
1.travelling about without any clear destination"she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
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RoveRove (rōv), v. t. [perhaps fr. or akin to reeve.]
1. To draw through an eye or aperture.
2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. Jamieson.
3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
RoveRove (rōv), n.
1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
RoveRove, 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.
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.
For who has power to walk has power to rove. Arbuthnot.
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).
Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart
At that good knight so cunningly didst rove. Spenser.
Syn. -- To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.
RoveRove, v. t.
1. To wander over or through.
Roving the field, I chanced
A goodly tree far distant to behold. milton.
2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
RoveRove, n. The act of wandering; a ramble.
In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. Young.
Rove beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family Staphylinidæ, having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely. They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.
RovingRov"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.
RovingRov"ing, n. The act of one who roves or wanders.
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⇨ definition of Wikipedia
rove (n.)
hike, peregrination, ramble, roam, roving, vagabondage, wandering, wanderings
rove (v. intr.) (literary)
cast, drift, go astray, kick around, ramble, range, roam, roam around, roll, stray, stray off, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander, wander around, wander away, kick about (British), roam about (British), wander about (British)
roving (adj.)
aimless, drifting, floating, mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roaming, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, errant (literary)
roving (n.)
See also
rove (n.)
↗ cast, drift, go astray, kick about, kick around, ramble, range, roam, roam about, roam around, roll, stray, stray off, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander, wander about, wander around, wander away
roving (n.)
↗ cast, drift, go astray, kick about, kick around, ramble, range, roam, roam about, roam around, roll, rove, stray, stray off, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander, wander about, wander around, wander away
roving (adj.)
↘ nomadically ↗ cast, drift, go astray, kick about, kick around, ramble, range, roam, roam about, roam around, roll, rove, stray, stray off, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander, wander about, wander around, wander away
⇨ rove about • rove around • rove beetle
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rove (n.)
wander; ramble; roam; rove; wandering; roving; vagabondage[ClasseParExt.]
rove (v. intr.) [literary]
errer, aller sans suivre un chemin (fr)[Classe]
walk around; walk; amble; mosey[Classe]
voyager sans but (fr)[Classe]
go, go along, locomote, move, travel[Hyper.]
bum, derelict, drifter, floater, tramp, vagabond, vagrant[GenV+comp]
ramble, roam, rove, roving, vagabondage, wandering - drift fishery, drifting, driftnet fishing, drift-netting - vagabond - hiker, tramp, tramper - hiker, rambler - straggler, strayer - bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer - meander, ramble - stray[Dérivé]
drift, err, stray - wander[Domaine]
rove (v. tr.)
travailler le textile (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
roving (adj.)
pauvre, qui manque du nécessaire (fr)[Classe]
qui se déplace (fr)[Classe]
unsettled[Similaire]
roving (adj.)
qui se déplace (fr)[Classe]
roving (n.)
wander; ramble; roam; rove; wandering; roving; vagabondage[ClasseParExt.]
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A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fibre. 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.
After carding, the fibres lie roughly parallel in smooth bundles. These are drawn out, by hand or machine, and slightly twisted to form lengths suitable for spinning. These unspun strands of fibre are the rovings. Roving can also mean a roll of these strands, the strands in general (as a mass noun), or the process of creating them.
Because it is carded, the fibres are less parallel than top (combed) and are not of uniform length. Carded rovings look fluffier than combed top, which looks smooth and has a high lustre. The fibres in combed top tend to be of a fairly uniform length due to the method of preparation. Though drawing it into strips may line the fibres up a bit. [1] [2]Roving is not to be confused with sliver as there is twist in roving.
Pencil roving is a type of roving that has been drawn until it is the size of a fat pencil. It can be used by spinners with minimal drafting (withdrawing fibers from a clump). Knitters also use pencil roving, similar to Lopi style yarns, or when making a thrummed item. (Regular roving can also be used in thrummed knitting.)
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