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drove
drove 1 D0398600 (drōv)v.Past tense of drive.
drove 2 D0398600 (drōv)n.1. a. A flock or herd being driven in a body.b. often droves A large mass of people moving or acting as a body: people moving through the streets in droves.2. a. A stonemason's broad-edged chisel used for rough hewing.b. A stone surface dressed with such a chisel.
[Middle English, from Old English drāf, from drīfan, to drive; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots.]drove (drəʊv) vb the past tense of drive
drove (drəʊv) n1. (Agriculture) a herd of livestock being driven together2. (often plural) a moving crowd of people3. (Civil Engineering) a narrow irrigation channel4. (Tools) Also called: drove chisel a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stonevb5. (Agriculture) a. (tr) to drive (a group of livestock), usually for a considerable distanceb. (intr) to be employed as a drover6. (Tools) to work (a stone surface) with a drove[Old English drāf herd; related to Middle Low German drēfwech cattle pasture; see drive, drift]drove1 (droʊv)
v. pt. of drive. drove2 (droʊv)
n., v. droved, drov•ing. n. 1. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock. 2. Usu., droves. a large crowd of human beings, esp. in motion. 3. Also called drove′ chis`el. a chisel, from 2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm) broad at the edge, for dressing stones to an approximately true surface. v.t. 4. to dress (stone) with a drove. [before 950; Middle English; Old English drāf that which is driven] Drove a crowd of people moving in one direction; a number of cattle or other animals driven in a body. See also concourse, drift, flock.Examples: drove of asses; of beasts, 1350; of bullocks; of cab-drivers—Lipton, 1970; of cattle, 1555; of heresies, 1692; of horses, 1764; of immoralities, 1692; of kine [‘cattle’]; of oxen; of young shoat [‘pigs’], 1707; of sheep, 1837; of swine.drove
Past participle: droved
Gerund: droving
| Present |
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| I drove | | you drove | | he/she/it droves | | we drove | | you drove | | they drove |
| Preterite |
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| I droved | | you droved | | he/she/it droved | | we droved | | you droved | | they droved |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am droving | | you are droving | | he/she/it is droving | | we are droving | | you are droving | | they are droving |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have droved | | you have droved | | he/she/it has droved | | we have droved | | you have droved | | they have droved |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was droving | | you were droving | | he/she/it was droving | | we were droving | | you were droving | | they were droving |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had droved | | you had droved | | he/she/it had droved | | we had droved | | you had droved | | they had droved |
| Future |
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| I will drove | | you will drove | | he/she/it will drove | | we will drove | | you will drove | | they will drove |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have droved | | you will have droved | | he/she/it will have droved | | we will have droved | | you will have droved | | they will have droved |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be droving | | you will be droving | | he/she/it will be droving | | we will be droving | | you will be droving | | they will be droving |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been droving | | you have been droving | | he/she/it has been droving | | we have been droving | | you have been droving | | they have been droving |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been droving | | you will have been droving | | he/she/it will have been droving | | we will have been droving | | you will have been droving | | they will have been droving |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been droving | | you had been droving | | he/she/it had been droving | | we had been droving | | you had been droving | | they had been droving |
| Conditional |
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| I would drove | | you would drove | | he/she/it would drove | | we would drove | | you would drove | | they would drove |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have droved | | you would have droved | | he/she/it would have droved | | we would have droved | | you would have droved | | they would have droved |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | drove - a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving togetheranimal group - a group of animals | | 2. |  drove - a moving crowd swarm, hordecrowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" | | 3. |  drove - a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stonedrove chiselchisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge |
drovenoun (often plural) herd, company, crowds, collection, gathering, mob, flocks, swarm, horde, multitude, throng Scientists are leaving the country in droves.drovenoun1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:crowd, crush, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck, swarm, throng.2. A very large number of things grouped together:army, cloud, crowd, flock, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck, score (used in plural), swarm, throng.Translationstroupeaucodazzosciameгуртdrove
See:- bring (someone or something) out in droves
- bring out in droves
- drive (one) back on (something)
- drive (one) back to (someone)
- drive (one) to (do something)
- drive (one's) pigs to market
- drive (oneself) into the ground
- drive a coach and horses through (something)
- drive a hard bargain
- drive a wedge between (someone or something)
- drive a/the/(something's) price down
- drive a/the/(something's) price up
- drive around
- drive at (something)
- drive away
- drive back
- drive between
- drive down
- drive down a/the/(something's) price
- drive home
- drive in(to)
- drive into a corner
- drive off
- drive on
- drive out
- drive over
- drive the big bus
- drive the porcelain bus
- drive through
- drive up
- in droves
- out in droves
- out in large numbers
drove
drove1. a narrow irrigation channel 2. a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone droveA mason’s chisel having a blade from 2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm) broad; a boaster.MedicalSeedrivedrove
Related to drove: driveSynonyms for drovenoun herdSynonyms- herd
- company
- crowds
- collection
- gathering
- mob
- flocks
- swarm
- horde
- multitude
- throng
Synonyms for drovenoun an enormous number of persons gathered togetherSynonyms- crowd
- crush
- flock
- horde
- mass
- mob
- multitude
- press
- ruck
- swarm
- throng
noun a very large number of things grouped togetherSynonyms- army
- cloud
- crowd
- flock
- horde
- host
- legion
- mass
- mob
- multitude
- ruck
- score
- swarm
- throng
Synonyms for drovenoun a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving togetherRelated Wordsnoun a moving crowdSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stoneSynonymsRelated Words |