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Definition of Drove

1. Noun. A group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together.

2. Noun. A moving crowd.

3. Noun. A stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone.

Definition of Drove

1. imp. of Drive.

2. n. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

3. v. t. & i. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.

Definition of Drove

1. Noun. A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures. ¹

2. Noun. (usually plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively). ¹

3. Noun. A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven ¹

4. Verb. (simple past of drive) ¹

5. Verb. to herd cattle; particularly over a long distance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drove

1. to drive cattle or sheep [v DROVED, DROVING, DROVES]

Medical Definition of Drove

1. 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body. 2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. 3. A crowd of people in motion. "Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass." (Dryden) 4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. 5. A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. 6. A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; called also drove chisel. The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; called also drove work. Origin: AS. Draf, fr. Drifan to drive. See Drive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drove

droughtproof droughts droughty drouk drouked drouking droukings droukit drouks droumy

drouth drouthier drouthiest drouths drouthy drove (current term) drove chisel droved droven drover

drovers droves droveway droving drovings drovy drow drown drown'd drown one's sorrows

Literary usage of Drove

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"drove. Past part, of Drive. Hurried, driven into a corner. 'If he don't get on no faster than he's a doing he'll get drove at last.' drove. ..."

2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"... drove THE AXEMEN AWAY. The fire drove all into the wood-flat that could be accommodated there; it was cut adrift then, ..."

3. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"Pierre put his carriage at the service of a wounded general of his acquaintance, and drove with him to Moscow. On the way he was told of the death of his ..."

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