See Also: roving(1)(dictionary)
roving(2)(dictionary)
roving(3)(dictionary)

roving(1) (iou)



roving adjective. L16.
[from ROVE verb1 + -ING2.]
That roves; wandering; roaming. L16.
Antiquity The ad hoc cooking places of the roving hunters. fig.: I. Murdoch Millie would never..contain her roving affections.
b. Of a journalist etc.: required to travel to various locations to deal with events as they occur. M20.
Random; conjectural. M-L17.
Characterized by wandering; inclined to rove. E18.
W. R. D. Fairbairn He lived a roving and unsettled life.
Special collocations: roving eye a tendency to ogle or towards infidelity. roving sailor dial. any of several creeping plants esp. ivy-leaved toadflax, Cymbalaria muralis.
rovingly adverb (a) randomly, without definite aim; (b) in a roving or wandering manner: E17.