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- DictionaryDrove/drōv/
noun
- 1. a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body: "a drove of cattle"
Apr 19, 2024 · A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or coil be driven; a droveway. A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. [1] A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface. The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English drove1 /drəʊv $ droʊv/ verb the past tense of drive drove2 noun [ countable] 1 → droves 2 a group of animals that are being moved together drove of a drove of cattle Examples from the Corpus drove • In spring Weddell seals have their pups on the ice floes offshore, and seabirds arrive in droves.
(Definition of drove from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of drove. in Chinese (Traditional) （drive 的過去式）, 遷徙中的畜群（尤指牛群、羊群）, 驅趕（牲口），使（家畜）遷徙… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （drive 的过去式）, 迁徙中的畜群（尤指牛群、羊群）, 驱赶（牲口），使（家畜）迁徙… See more. in Spanish. pasado simple de "drive"… See more. in Portuguese.
/drəʊv/ drohv. U.S. English. /droʊv/ drohv. See pronunciation. Where does the verb drove come from? Earliest known use. late 1700s. drove n. drover n. See etymology. Nearby entries. drought | drouth, n. Old English–. drought-numen, adj. a1325. droughty | drouthy, adj. 1596–. droukening, n. c1300. droukening, adj. c1225–1390. droul, v. a1670–1825.
to move (something) forward, as by hitting or striking: [~ + object] He drove the nail through the wood with a hammer. to strive vigorously toward a goal or objective: [no object] He kept driving to the top. to go before an impelling force: [no object] The ship drove before the wind. to rush or dash violently: [no object] The rain was driving ...
noun. ˈdrōv. Synonyms of drove. 1. : a group of animals driven or moving in a body. 2. : a large number : crowd usually used in plural especially with in. came in droves. drove. 2 of 2. past tense of drive. Synonyms. Noun. army. bike [ chiefly Scottish] cram. crowd. crush. flock. herd. horde. host. legion. mass.
a large group, especially of people, moving toward a place or doing something together as a group: Every summer droves of sightseers crowd the city. Fans came in droves to see her concerts. The show has been attracting audiences in droves. Doctors and nurses have been leaving the profession in droves.
