Definitions for drove
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drove(noun)

   a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

2. drove, horde, swarm(noun)

   a moving crowd

3. drove, drove chisel(noun)

   a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drove(Noun)

   A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

2. drove(Noun)

   A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).

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3. drove(Noun)

   A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven

4. drove(Verb)

   to herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Drove

   of Drive

2. Drove

   of Drive

3. Drove(noun)

   a collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body

4. Drove(noun)

   any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove

5. Drove(noun)

   a crowd of people in motion

6. Drove(noun)

   a road for driving cattle; a driftway

7. Drove(noun)

   a narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land

8. Drove(noun)

   a broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel

9. Drove(noun)

   the grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work

Origin: [Cf. Drove, n., and Drover.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Drove

   drōv, pa.t. of Drive.—n. a number of cattle, or other animals, driven.—n. Drov′er, one whose occupation is to drive cattle: (Spens.) a boat. [A.S. dráf—drífan, to drive.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drove' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2790

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drove' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3418

Anagrams for drove »

1. Dover

2. Roved

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drove in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drove in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of drove in a Sentence

1. Brad Thomas:

   We drove four and a half hours.

2. Oren Gutfeld:

   It drove us to return to the caves.

3. Ashton Munoz:

   I drove in, we were able to identify the owner.

4. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia:

   She drove me away like a dog ! Poor Nicky ! Poor Russia !

5. Kim Kang-won:

   It just drove me deeper into despair, i never had a chance.

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