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Roving Common

Roving has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

travelling about without any clear destination

"she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

2

A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.

Verb
1

present participle of rove

Adjective
1

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"

2

wandering freely.

Example Sentences
"she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" noun
"a restless mobile society" adjective
"the nomadic habits of the Bedouins" adjective
"believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future" adjective
"wandering tribes" adjective
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