drove

drove ¹  (drv)

v.

Past tense of drive.

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drove ²  (drv)

n.

1. A flock or herd being driven in a body.

2.

a. A large mass of people moving or acting as a body.

b. A large body of like things. See Synonyms at flock¹.

3.

a. A stonemason's broad-edged chisel used for rough hewing.

b. A stone surface dressed with such a chisel.

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[Middle English, from Old English drf, from drfan, to drive; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots.]

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drove¹

vb

the past tense of drive

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drove²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a herd of livestock being driven together

2. (often plural) a moving crowd of people

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a narrow irrigation channel

4. (Engineering / Tools) Also called drove chisel a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)

a.  (tr) to drive (a group of livestock), usually for a considerable distance

b.  (intr) to be employed as a drover

2. (Engineering / Tools) to work (a stone surface) with a drove

[Old English drāf herd; related to Middle Low German drēfwech cattle pasture; see drive, drift]

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Drove a crowd of people moving in one direction; a number of cattle or other animals driven in a body. See also concourse, drift, flock.

Examples: drove of asses; of beasts, 1350; of bullocks; of cab-drivers—Lipton, 1970; of cattle, 1555; of heresies, 1692; of horses, 1764; of immoralities, 1692; of kine [‘cattle’]; of oxen; of young shoat [‘pigs’], 1707; of sheep, 1837; of swine.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drove - a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together animal group - a group of animals
	2.	drove - a moving crowd                       swarm, horde crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
	3.	drove - a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone drove chisel chisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

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drove

noun (often plural) herd, company, crowds, collection, gathering, mob, flocks, swarm, horde, multitude, throng Scientists are leaving the country in droves.

Translations

drove [drəʊv]

A. PT of drive

B. N [of cattle] → manada f
droves of people → una multitud de gente
they came in droves → acudieron en tropel

drove¹

n (of animals) → Herde f; (of people) → Schar f; they came in droves → sie kamen in hellen Scharen

drove [drəʊv]

1. pt of drive

2. n (of cattle) → mandria
droves of people → centinaia fpl di persone
they came in droves → sono arrivati a frotte