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roving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | vagabondage, wandering |
| Type of | travel, traveling, travelling |
| Has types | drifting |
| Derivation | rove |
Examples of roving
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A roving pit crew will exchange dead phone batteries for new ones, if necessary.
From the cnn.com
There were roving bands of Tolkienites that trailed McKenzie to Conchords shows.
From the nytimes.com
The judge was a cracker-jack scholar and a roving Chief Justice for the Emporer.
From the economist.com
You could be impaled on the three-foot metal eyelash of a giant roving eyeball.
From the sfgate.com
Barrymore has incidentally been brought back to be a roving reporter this season.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
Jonathan Steele is a regular Guardian columnist and roving foreign correspondent.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sales at her roving L.A. stand have increased four to five times since last year.
From the washingtontimes.com
So I became the roving goodwill ambassador of the Mickadeit side of the family.
From the ocregister.com
You were supposed to be a roving ambassador, living on your charm and experience.
From the forbes.com
- Mobile: 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"
- Wandering: travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
- A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fibre. It is usually used to spin woollen yarn. A roving can be created by carding the fibre, and it is then drawn into long strips. Because it is carded, the fibres are not parallel, though drawing it into strips may line the fibres up a bit. ...
- (Roval) An oval track is a dedicated motorsport circuit, primarily in North America, which differs from a road course in that it only has turns in one direction, which is almost universally left. Oval tracks often have banked turns as well. ...
- Wandering freely
- (Roval) Slang term that combines the two words Road (course) and Oval. Describes an oval track such as Daytona or Homestead that has a road course in the infield. Events such as the Daytona 24 hour race use the road course as well as a large portion of the oval track.
- A roving is a long rope of fibers where all of the fibers are going parallel to the roving.
- In spun yarn production, roving is an intermediate state between sliver and yarn. Roving is a condensed sliver, which has been drafted, twisted and wound on a roving bobbin, which is the supply package for spinning.
- Fiber that has been cleaned, carded and rolled (much like a clay 'snake'), ready for spinning
