Noun
people flocked to the annual festival in droves
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verb
simple past tense of drive.
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Words nearby drove
drought, droughty, drouk, droukit, drouthy, drove, drover, drown, drowned valley, drown one’s sorrows, drown out
Other definitions for drove (2 of 2)
noun
a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock.
Usually droves . a large crowd of human beings, especially in motion: They came to Yankee Stadium in droves.
Also called drove chis·el .Masonry. a chisel, from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) broad at the edge, for dressing stones to an approximately true surface.
verb (used with or without object), droved, drov·ing.
to drive or deal in (cattle) as a drover; herd.
Masonry. to work or smooth (stone) as with a drove.
Origin of drove
2
First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English drāf “that which is driven,” i.e., “herd, flock”; akin to drive
synonym study for drove
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Words related to drove
collection, company, crowd, crush, drive, flock, herd, horde, mob, multitude, pack, press, rout, run, swarm, throng
How to use drove in a sentence
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According to the company, customers call in droves claiming that they’ve caught their biggest fish ever after spraying hooks or lures with WD40 and thus assume that the product must have fish oil in it.
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Over the summer and fall, tourists came in droves to Jackson, with as many as 40,000 total visitors in a day.
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Today, raw athleticism is almost a prerequisite for the position, and Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen possess it in droves.
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Telegram’s specific combination of features, however, make it especially popular among American right-wing extremists, who have joined the platform in droves after being kicked off of Twitter, Facebook, and Parler.
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Insurance company stocks sank in droves on the news, mirroring the shockwave Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods sent through grocery stores shares.
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So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
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As he drove me back to the logging road, Frank told me about the area in his deep voice.
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A practical man who refused to run from the dreams that always drove him.
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We drove back down the hill, and the driver let me out near the Prado.
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Then the two hopped in a car and “drove around Chicago like lunatics,” Wald remembered.
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After we had engaged our rooms, we drove back to the hotel where Liszt was staying, and where we were to dine immediately.
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Battle of Famars, in which the allies drove the French from their camp with great loss.
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He turned the car, and passing the Casino drove up the hill, taking the direction of Mentone, when he had reached the top.
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They gardened, they drove out, they rowed and sailed upon the lake, but they declined all acquaintances.
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We drove to the Deutches Haus, an excellent hotel, where I was shown into a large and comfortable room.
British Dictionary definitions for drove (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for drove (2 of 2)
noun
a herd of livestock being driven together
(often plural) a moving crowd of people
a narrow irrigation channel
Also called: drove chisel a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
verb
- (tr) to drive (a group of livestock), usually for a considerable distance
- (intr) to be employed as a drover
to work (a stone surface) with a drove
Word Origin for drove
Old English drāf herd; related to Middle Low German drēfwech cattle pasture; see drive, drift
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Still, if you ever decide to drive something that can be driven, the correct past-tense form is drove. Driven is the past participle and can be used in perfect tenses and some other situations…
Which is correct drove or driven?
The correct form is driven because it is a past participle (third form). We used past participles with the auxiliaries «have» and «has» to form the present perfect. And we use «had» with past participles to form the past perfect. You could say «this forum drove me mad».
How do you use drove?
30, A gust of wind drove down the valley.
- Dinah was crying as she drove slowly away.
- He drove us right up to the Russian border.
- He drove out through the gate.
- We drove slowly past the gutted buildings.
- That driver drove the car up the ramp.
- He drove away in a car.
- I drove at speeds that dizzied me.
How do you use drove in a sentence?
Drove sentence example
- He drove to their house in some agitation. …
- She drove fast and arrived half an hour later to the safe house and parked out front. …
- The chauffeur drove them straight to the hill. …
- The coachman made no answer, but drove onward.
What is a drove?
(Entry 1 of 2) 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.
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What is a drove horse?
Noun. 1. drove — a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together.
What is the sentence of drank?
[M] [T] He drank a shot of whiskey. [M] [T] He drank three bottles of beer. [M] [T] They drank two bottles of wine. [M] [T] I drank a lot and can’t remember much of what happened last night.
What is the meaning of drive and driven?
drive verb (FORCE)
[ T ] to force someone or something to go somewhere or do something: He drove a nail into the wall. He was driven (= His actions were caused) by greed.
Is it ridden or rode?
Rode is in the simple past form. Ridden is the past participle. When you use the word rode, you are talking about riding something in the immediate or distant past. You use this form when you want to discuss something in the past (or something you have never done).
What is past of bring?
Brought is the most common past tense and past participle of bring.
Is Dove a real word?
The words dived and dove are interchangeable as a past tense and past participle of the verb dive. Both verb inflections are used in American and British English; however, dove is an Americanism, and thus tends to be used more in American English. … But in the 1800s, it suddenly gained an irregular past tense—dove.
Where do we use has and have?
While the verb to have has many different meanings, its primary meaning is “to possess, own, hold for use, or contain.” Have and has indicate possession in the present tense (describing events that are currently happening). Have is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, while has is used with he, she, and it.
How do you use drank?
In modern usage guides, drank is the past tense of drink, as in «I drank a lot last night,» and drunk is the past participle (following «have»), as in «Yes, I have drunk wine before.» Throughout history, however, these words have been confused and used in their opposite contexts, perhaps because of the association …
How do you use ate in a sentence?
Ate sentence example
- I ate a while ago on my break. …
- He ate another cookie in troubled silence. …
- She ate her dinner, beat. …
- She ate the meat and drank some of the cool water. …
- They ate in silence until he finally turned a concerned gaze on her.
What animal is a drove?
/ droʊv / PHONETIC RESPELLING. noun. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock. Usually droves .
Is herd of horses correct?
A herd of wild horses is also a correct term as they also form herds like other animals. Herd of horses is composed of a band of horses with three to five members each.
What group of animal is a drove?
Pigs: A Drift, Drove, Sounder, Team, or Passel of Pigs
Drift and drove typically refer to young pigs, while team and sounder are used for older animals.
What does you drove mean in slang?
Said if someone is confused, mad, or if someone just did something really stupid, they’re drove.
What does we have it in droves mean?
: in large quantities People came in droves to hear her sing.
drove 1
(drōv)
drove 2
(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.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
drove
(drəʊv)
vb
the past tense of drive
drove
(drəʊv)
n
1. (Agriculture) a herd of livestock being driven together
2. (often plural) a moving crowd of people
3. (Civil Engineering) a narrow irrigation channel
4. (Tools) Also called: drove chisel a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
vb
5. (Agriculture)
a. (tr) to drive (a group of livestock), usually for a considerable distance
b. (intr) to be employed as a drover
6. (Tools) to work (a stone surface) with a drove
[Old English drāf herd; related to Middle Low German drēfwech cattle pasture; see drive, drift]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
drove1
(droʊv)
v.
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]
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
drove
Past participle: droved
Gerund: droving
| Imperative |
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| drove |
| drove |
| 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 |
|---|
| I am droving |
| you are droving |
| he/she/it is droving |
| we are droving |
| you are droving |
| they are droving |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have droved |
| you have droved |
| he/she/it has droved |
| we have droved |
| you have droved |
| they have droved |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was droving |
| you were droving |
| he/she/it was droving |
| we were droving |
| you were droving |
| they were droving |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| 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 |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | drove — a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together |
| 2. |  drove — a moving crowd
crowd — a large number of things or people considered together; «a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers» |
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| 3. |  drove — a stonemason’s chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
chisel — an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
drove
noun (often plural) herd, company, crowds, collection, gathering, mob, flocks, swarm, horde, multitude, throng Scientists are leaving the country in droves.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
drove
noun
1. 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.
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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