roving – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
roving
adj.
wandering aimlessly, roaming, meandering
n.
act of wandering, act of roaming; rove, cotton or wool fiber that has been stretched and twisted prior to being spun into yarn
rove
v.
wander aimlessly, roam, meander; stretch and twist fibers to prepare them for spinning
Roving
A
roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber. Rovings are produced during the process of making
spun yarn from
wool fleece, raw cotton, or other fibres. Their main use is as fibre prepared for spinning, but they may also be used for specialised kinds of knitting or other textile arts.
roving
Noun
1. travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
(synonym) wandering, vagabondage
(hypernym) peregrination
(hyponym) drifting
(derivation) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
Adjective
1. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"
(synonym) mobile, nomadic, peregrine, wandering
(similar) unsettled
rove
Verb
1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
(synonym) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, range, drift, vagabond
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) maunder
(verb-group) stray, err, drift
(derivation) wandering, roving, vagabondage
rove
Czas.
włóczyć się; wodzić wzrokiem
Roving
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rove
(n.)
The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.
(n.)
The act of one who roves or wanders.
(n.)
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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