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drove

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drove 1  (drv)
v.
Past tense of drive.

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.

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

drove 1
Verb
the past tense of drive

drove 2
Noun
1. a herd of livestock being driven together
2. a moving crowd of people [Old English drāf herd]

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.drove - a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
animal group - a group of animals
2.drovedrove - a moving crowd                      
crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
3.drovedrove - a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
chisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

drove
Translations
drove [drəuv] pt of drive
n droves of people → une foule de gens
drove [drəuv] pt of drive
n droves of people → Scharen pl von Menschen
drove [drəuv] pt of drive
n droves of people → una moltitudine di persone


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It will be worth another ten dollars to you if you can find me the man who drove her.
I once drove to Pashutino with him in half an hour.
Dismissing the driver she took the reins in her own hands and drove off at top speed through the streets.
 
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