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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats