drove

drove ¹

 (drōv)

v.

Past tense of drive.

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drove ²

 (drōv)

n.

1.

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

b. often droves A large mass of people moving or acting as a body: people moving through the streets in droves.

2.

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 drāf, from drīfan, to drive; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots.]

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drove

(drəʊv)

vb

the past tense of drive

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drove

(drəʊv)

n

1. (Agriculture) a herd of livestock being driven together

2. (often plural) a moving crowd of people

3. (Civil Engineering) a narrow irrigation channel

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

vb

5. (Agriculture)

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

b. (intr) to be employed as a drover

6. (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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drove¹

(droʊv)

v.

pt. of drive.

drove²

(droʊv)

n., v. droved, drov•ing. n.

1. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock.

2. Usu., droves. a large crowd of human beings, esp. in motion.

3. Also called drove′ chis`el. a chisel, from 2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm) broad at the edge, for dressing stones to an approximately true surface.

v.t.

4. to dress (stone) with a drove.

[before 950; Middle English; Old English drāf that which is driven]

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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.

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drove

Past participle: droved
Gerund: droving

Imperative

drove

drove

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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.

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drove

noun

1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:

crowd, crush, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck, swarm, throng.

2. A very large number of things grouped together:

army, cloud, crowd, flock, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck, score (used in plural), swarm, throng.

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Translations

troupeau

codazzosciame

гурт

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

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drove

¹

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

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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

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drove

pret de drive

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