roving.
Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.
Meaning & usage
Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.
Of the eyes or gaze, inspecting all over; not staying fixed on one subject.
His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.
Where this word comes from
From rove + -ing.
A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn or in felting.
The process of giving the first twist to yarn.
Where this word comes from
From rove (“sliver of wool or cotton”), late 17th century, possibly from obsolete Middle English rove(n) (“to draw out, pull off”), itself a dialectal variant of rive (“to tear, split”).
present participle and gerund of rove
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