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    ROVING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Travelling about without any clear destinationplay

    Example:

    she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him

    Synonyms:

    roving; vagabondage; wandering

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("roving" is a kind of...):

    travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roving"):

    drifting (aimless wandering from place to place)

    Derivation:

    rove (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Migratoryplay

    Example:

    wandering tribes

    Synonyms:

    mobile; nomadic; peregrine; roving; wandering

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    unsettled (not settled or established)

     III. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb rove

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