drove (noun)
1drove chisel — noun a stonemason s chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone • Syn: ↑drove • Hypernyms: ↑chisel * * * noun see drove I, 4a * * * drove chisel, = drove2 (def. 3a). (Cf. ↑ …
2drove road — noun or drove way Etymology: drove (I) chiefly Scotland : a public cattle road not kept up for motor traffic * * * drove road noun An old generally grassy track used or once used by droves of cattle • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
3drove work — noun see drove I, 4b * * * drove work, = drove2 (def. 3b). (Cf. ↑drove) …
4drove — [2] ► NOUN 1) a flock of animals being driven. 2) a large number of people doing the same thing: tourists arrived in droves. ► VERB historical ▪ drive (livestock) to market. DERIVATIVES drover noun. ORIGIN …
5drove — noun 1) a drove of cattle Syn: herd, flock, pack 2) they came in droves Syn: crowd, swarm, horde, multitude, mob, throng, host, mass, army, herd …
6drove way — noun see drove road …
7drove road — noun an ancient roadway along which cattle were driven to market …
8drove — I. /droʊv / (say drohv) verb past tense of drive. II. /droʊv / (say drohv) noun 1. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group. 2. (usually plural) a large crowd of human beings, especially in motion. 3. Building Trades a. Also, drove… …
9drove — drove1 the past tense of drive1 drove drove 2 [ drouv ] noun 1. ) count a large number of animals, especially cows 2. ) droves plural large numbers of people: in droves: People came in droves to see the show …
10drove — I UK [drəʊv] / US [droʊv] the past tense of drive I II UK [drəʊv] / US [droʊv] noun Word forms drove : singular drove plural droves 1) [countable] a large number of animals, especially cows 2) droves [plural] large numbers of people in droves:… …
