Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 6 compound words that contain roving. The most common are listed below. Open roving in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- roving eyeWide-ranging observation of one's surroundings.
- roving bridgeSynonym of snake bridge: A curved or spiral bridge over a canal designed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal without detaching the towline; commonly found on British canals built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate …
- roving sailorThe plant Saxifraga stolonifera.
- roving bridgesplural of roving bridge: A curved or spiral bridge over a canal designed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal without detaching the towline; commonly found on British canals built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate …
- roving eyesplural of roving eye: Wide-ranging observation of one's surroundings.
- roving plateA scraper used for giving a grindstone a true circular form.
- roving platesplural of roving plate: A scraper used for giving a grindstone a true circular form.
- roving reelA device for measuring a hank of yarn.
- roving reelsplural of roving reel: A device for measuring a hank of yarn.
- roving sailorsplural of roving sailor: The plant Saxifraga stolonifera.
Compound words 6
- rovinglyIn a roving manner.
- rovingnessA tendency to rove; a nomadic condition.
- improvingThat tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
- approvingExpressing approbation; commending
- disprovingpresent participle and gerund of disprove
- reprovingpresent participle and gerund of reprove