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单词 droves
释义

drove

1 of 2

noun

ˈdrōv How to pronounce drove (audio)
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
  • mob
  • multitude
  • press
  • rout
  • scrum
  • swarm
  • throng
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Example Sentences

Noun people flocked to the annual festival in droves
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Will Smith’s single drove in Mookie Betts to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but equally destructive were lengthy at-bats by Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy. Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Amed Rosario’s two-run single off Emilio Pagan in the eighth drove in Myles Straw to tie the score and Steven Kwan with the go-ahead run in a 3-2 Guardians victory over the Twins at Progressive Field. Joe Noga, cleveland, 28 June 2022 The field is also losing personnel as a drove of federal and academic botanists retire. Marion Renault, The New Republic, 7 July 2022 In Adley Rutschman’s first at-bat, his single drove in a runner. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2022 Just last month, an 18-year-old drove over 200 miles, and killed 10 Black shoppers and injured three others, at a supermarket in Buffalo. Musadiq Bidar, CBS News, 9 June 2022 His infield single in the seventh drove in Mookie Betts to extend the Dodgers' lead to 5-1. Joe Reedy, ajc, 4 June 2022 And in the third, Mateo’s single drove in Santander, who had reached on a second straight double. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022 James Clemens beat East Limestone 1-0 on Monday, breaking up the 2-hit shutout with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Parker’s single drove in Francisco Ramirez. al, 5 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English drāf, from drīfan to drive — more at drive

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

drove 1 of 2

noun

ˈdrōv How to pronounce drove (audio)
: a large group of animals or people moving or acting together
droves of shoppers

drove

2 of 2

past tense of drive

droves

noun

plural of drove
1
as in throngs
a great number of persons or creatures massed together people flocked to the annual festival in droves

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • throngs
  • swarms
  • flocks
  • hordes
  • crowds
  • masses
  • multitudes
  • legions
  • masses
  • millions
  • herds
  • bikes
  • armies
  • mobs
  • hosts
  • crushes
  • routs
  • crams
  • presses
  • rabbles
  • riffraffs
  • gaggles
  • piles
  • scrums
  • rabblements
  • mountains
  • heaps
  • jams
  • logjams
2
as in flocks
a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together a drove of cattle

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • flocks
  • swarms
  • herds
  • schools
  • colonies
  • pods
  • gaggles
  • coveys
  • packs
  • plumps
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