roving
[adjective]
Synonyms: itinerant, itinerate, nomadic, perambulant, perambulatory, peripatetic, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring

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roving adjective. ['rǝʊvɪŋ] L16.
[from ROVE verb¹ + -ING².]
1. 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.

2. Random; conjectural. M-L17.

3. 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.

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roving noun². ['rǝʊvɪŋ] L18.
[from ROVE verb² + -ING¹.]
1. The action of ROVE verb². L18.

2. A rove; roves collectively. E19.

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roving verbal noun¹. ['rǝʊvɪŋ] L15.
[from ROVE verb¹ + -ING¹.]
The action of ROVE verb¹; an instance of this.

Comb.:
roving commission authority given to a person or group (orig., a ship) conducting an inquiry to travel as may be necessary.

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