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Rhymes behove, clove, cove, dove, fauve, grove, interwove, Jove, mauve, rove, shrove, stove, strove, trove, wove noun drəʊvdroʊv 1A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body. Example sentencesExamples - He was amazed at the ‘prodigious number’ of turkeys and geese driven up to London in vast droves of 1,000 or 2,000 birds.
- In all seasons, droves of cattle, sheep, hogs, geese, turkeys and other livestock shared the busy road with wagons loaded with grain, barreled beef and pork.
- Droves of cattle are, however, apt to be troublesome to the owners and tenants of the grounds through or near which they pass.
- These ‘sunbirds’ are returning in their droves following the winter migration.
- 1.1 A large number of people or things doing or undergoing the same thing.
tourists have stayed away in droves this summer Example sentencesExamples - In the end, both crowds stayed away in droves and it's a pity.
- The song was featured in the title sequence of the movie Blackboard Jungle, which had youngsters swarming cinema halls in droves.
- But just who are these Turnbull loving millionaires and why have they come out in droves?
- The remaining veterans continued to leave in droves; at some divisions, 40 percent of the officers were applying for jobs at other departments.
- Scuba divers came in droves with photographers, environmentalists, surfers, business owners and marine scientists.
- When the British finally gave up Boston, people fled the city in droves to escape the disease, and even the feeblest attempts at containment were no longer possible.
- Our new members volunteered in droves to join us on expeditions as cooks, divers, doctors, etc.
- They swarm in droves, pouring out of cars and vans with a mission to drive away with a fabulous treasure, for which they paid as little as possible.
- Today the temples are a major tourist attraction, well worth the grinding bus trip from Agra or Gwalior, and the curious arrive in droves from all over the world to gawp and snigger at this unyielding display of raunchiness.
- In plain terms, his personal life throughout the 1990s was a million miles removed from the cool, casual persona which has attracted viewers of I'm A Celebrity in droves.
- And send them, in droves, to the corporate media.
- The tour to promote her memoirs has seen fans turning up in droves to book-signing sessions, including hundreds in Piccadilly, central London.
- The crown's administrative staff and the army's families began arriving in droves, taking the arduous sailing route around the Cape of Good Hope.
- It seems similarly unwise to assume that the army will defect in droves or that the population will rise to welcome the invaders, especially if they have no idea of what might follow an invasion.
- Although there was a full house for the much-praised opening ceremony in Athens on Friday night, spectators have stayed away in droves in the first four days of competition.
- We have nearly worn a hole in the road attending the last named venue in light of the continuing absence in Craven of athletics facilities and now residents from Craven are going in droves to the swimming pools at Colne and Barnoldswick.
- It wasn't long, though, before customers were turning away from the personal service of their local butcher, baker and grocer in droves, embracing the low prices and variety on offer at the supermarkets.
- As it turns out, one-time fans stayed away in droves because, quite frankly, they were embarrassed to admit they liked these bands in the first place.
- I am sure the people of York will turn out in droves to see some great rugby, of both 13-a-side and of nine-a-side.
Synonyms crowd, swarm, horde, multitude, mob, throng, host, mass, army collection, gathering, assembly, company rabble, herd, crush, press, stream, sea
verb drəʊv [with object]historical Drive (livestock, especially cattle) to market. these three men discovered the coal on the Dulkaninna Creek while droving cattle Example sentencesExamples - Another early visitor was Nathaniel Buchanan while droving cattle from Queensland to Glencoe Station.
- The diary of James Higginson indicates that only about 1 per cent of his family's trips involved droving.
- In the area I know, Somerset and Wiltshire, there is evidence of the involvement of the Welsh in this trade, and in particular, in the droving of cattle and sheep.
- Meanwhile George and Richard had been droving and William, after his arrival, took up land near Callington.
- Memories of dust, droving, campfires and wide-open stretches of bushland came flooding back for Alf McCarley last month.
Derivatives noun ˈdrəʊvəˈdroʊvər Aborigines who worked as drovers and stockmen on cattle stations were largely ignored until the appearance of works such as Ann McGrath's Born in the Cattle. Example sentencesExamples - Once the buyers, predominantly English farmers, had bought their herds the common practice was to hire some local drovers to drive the cattle south into England.
- Originally a shelter for drovers herding their animals through the Ochil Hills, the Bein Inn, which dates from 1861, nestles in the wooded slops of Glen Farg.
- ‘One of the cottages here used to serve ale to passing cattle drovers,’ said Mr White.
- He listened to bush mothers and stockmen, drovers and graziers, troops going into and returning from battle, committees, councils, prime ministers, popes and royalty.
Origin Old English drāf, related to drīfan 'to drive'. noundroʊvdrōv 1A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body. Example sentencesExamples - These ‘sunbirds’ are returning in their droves following the winter migration.
- In all seasons, droves of cattle, sheep, hogs, geese, turkeys and other livestock shared the busy road with wagons loaded with grain, barreled beef and pork.
- He was amazed at the ‘prodigious number’ of turkeys and geese driven up to London in vast droves of 1,000 or 2,000 birds.
- Droves of cattle are, however, apt to be troublesome to the owners and tenants of the grounds through or near which they pass.
- 1.1 A large number of people or things doing or undergoing the same thing.
tourists have stayed away in droves this summer Example sentencesExamples - Today the temples are a major tourist attraction, well worth the grinding bus trip from Agra or Gwalior, and the curious arrive in droves from all over the world to gawp and snigger at this unyielding display of raunchiness.
- In the end, both crowds stayed away in droves and it's a pity.
- In plain terms, his personal life throughout the 1990s was a million miles removed from the cool, casual persona which has attracted viewers of I'm A Celebrity in droves.
- The remaining veterans continued to leave in droves; at some divisions, 40 percent of the officers were applying for jobs at other departments.
- Our new members volunteered in droves to join us on expeditions as cooks, divers, doctors, etc.
- The tour to promote her memoirs has seen fans turning up in droves to book-signing sessions, including hundreds in Piccadilly, central London.
- It seems similarly unwise to assume that the army will defect in droves or that the population will rise to welcome the invaders, especially if they have no idea of what might follow an invasion.
- As it turns out, one-time fans stayed away in droves because, quite frankly, they were embarrassed to admit they liked these bands in the first place.
- It wasn't long, though, before customers were turning away from the personal service of their local butcher, baker and grocer in droves, embracing the low prices and variety on offer at the supermarkets.
- Scuba divers came in droves with photographers, environmentalists, surfers, business owners and marine scientists.
- I am sure the people of York will turn out in droves to see some great rugby, of both 13-a-side and of nine-a-side.
- When the British finally gave up Boston, people fled the city in droves to escape the disease, and even the feeblest attempts at containment were no longer possible.
- We have nearly worn a hole in the road attending the last named venue in light of the continuing absence in Craven of athletics facilities and now residents from Craven are going in droves to the swimming pools at Colne and Barnoldswick.
- And send them, in droves, to the corporate media.
- But just who are these Turnbull loving millionaires and why have they come out in droves?
- The crown's administrative staff and the army's families began arriving in droves, taking the arduous sailing route around the Cape of Good Hope.
- Although there was a full house for the much-praised opening ceremony in Athens on Friday night, spectators have stayed away in droves in the first four days of competition.
- The song was featured in the title sequence of the movie Blackboard Jungle, which had youngsters swarming cinema halls in droves.
- They swarm in droves, pouring out of cars and vans with a mission to drive away with a fabulous treasure, for which they paid as little as possible.
Synonyms crowd, swarm, horde, multitude, mob, throng, host, mass, army
Origin Old English drāf, related to drīfan ‘to drive’. |