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Grove

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Grove  (grv), Sir George 1820-1900.
British musicologist whose Dictionary of Music and Musicians (first published 1878-1889) has become a standard reference work.

Grove, Robert Moses Known as "Lefty." 1900-1975.
American baseball player. A left-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1933) and the Boston Red Sox (1934-1941), he led the American League in earned run average nine times and in strikeouts seven times.

grove  (grv)
n.
1. A small wood or stand of trees lacking dense undergrowth.
2. A group of trees planted and cultivated for the production of fruit or nuts: an orange grove.

[Middle English, from Old English grf.]

grove [grəʊv]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a small wooded area or plantation
2.
a.  a road lined with houses and often trees, esp in a suburban area
b.  (capital as part of a street name) Ladbroke Grove
[Old English grāf; related to grǣfa thicket, greave, Norwegian greivla to intertwine]

Grove a small wood or group of trees for providing shade, forming avenues, etc. See also bosk.
Examples: grove of bayonets, 1889; of ears of wheat, 1667; of fruit trees, 1838; of their own kindred, 1793; of Athenian literature, 1849; of olives, 1667; of majestic palms, 1856; of spears, 1667; of trees.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Grovegrove - a small growth of trees without underbrush
forest, woods, wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
2.Grovegrove - garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
apple orchard - a grove of apple trees
garden - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
lemon grove - a grove of lemon trees
orange grove - grove of orange trees
peach orchard - a grove of peach trees

grove
noun wood, woodland, plantation, covert, thicket, copse, brake, coppice, spinney open fields and groves of trees
Translations
grove [grəʊv] Narboleda f, bosquecillo m
grove of pinespineda f
grove of poplarsalameda f
grove [ˈgrəʊv] n [trees] → bosquet m olive grove
grove
nHain m, → Wäldchen nt
grove [grəʊv] nboschetto
grove [grəʊv] nboschetto


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It stood on the south-east side of a hill, but nearer the bottom than the top of it, so as to be sheltered from the north-east by a grove of old oaks which rose above it in a gradual ascent of near half a mile, and yet high enough to enjoy a most charming prospect of the valley beneath.
Sometimes on foot, often by launch, they cries-crossed and threaded the river region as far as the peat lands of the Middle River, down the San Joaquin to Antioch, and up Georgiana Slough to Walnut Grove on the Sacramento.
Occasionally, he shot himself out of his equipage head-foremost over the apron; and I saw him on one occasion deliver himself at the door of the Grove in this unintentional way - like coals.
 
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