Associations to the word «Roving»

Wiktionary

ROVING, adjective. Wandering freely.
ROVING, verb. Present participle of rove
ROVING, noun. A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.

Dictionary definition

ROVING, noun. Travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him".
ROVING, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca