noun the act of one who roves or wanders.
2. roving ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of rove.
3. roving ·noun a roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. ·see 2d rove, 2.
4. roving ·noun 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.