1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rove.

2. (n.) The operation 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.

3. (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See Rove.

4. (n.) The act of one who roves or wanders.

Wanderjahr aberrant aberrative adrift afloat afoot and lighthearted aimless aimlessness alternating amorphous bumming by the way capricious changeable changeful circuitous circumforaneous departing desultoriness desultory deviable deviant deviating deviative deviatory devious digressive digressiveness discursion discursive discursiveness divagation divagatory dizzy drifting eccentric episodic errant errantry erratic excursive fast and loose fickle fitful flickering flighty flitting floating fluctuating footloose footloose and fancy-free freakish fugitive gadding giddy gypsy-like gypsyish hoboism impetuous impulsive inconsistent inconstant indecisive indirect infirm irregular irresolute irresponsible itineracy itinerancy labyrinthine landloping loose maundering mazy meandering mercurial migrational migratory moody nomad nomadic nomadism out-of-the-way perambulatory peregrination pererration peripatetic planetary ramble rambling ranging restless roam roaming rove scatterbrained serpentine shapeless shifting shifty shuffling snaky spasmodic spineless straggling stray straying strolling swerving traipsing transient transitory transmigratory turning twisting unaccountable uncertain uncontrolled undependable undirected undisciplined unfixed unpredictable unreliable unrestrained unsettled unstable unstable as water unstaid unsteadfast unsteady vacillating vagabond vagabondage vagabondia vagabondism vagrancy vagrant variable veering vicissitudinary vicissitudinous volatile wandering wanderlust wanton wavering wavery wavy wayfaring wayward whimsical winding wishy-washy zigzag