Definitions for drove
droʊvdrove

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drovenoun

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

2. drove, horde, swarmnoun

   a moving crowd

3. drove, drove chiselnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drovenoun

   A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

2. drovenoun

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

   2009, Erik Zachte: New editors are joining English Wikipedia in droves!

3. drovenoun

   A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven

4. droveverb

   to herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drovenoun

   Etymology: from drive.

   1. A body or number of cattle: generally used of oxen or black cattle.

   They brought to their stations many droves of cattle; and within a few days were brought out of the country two thousand muttons. John Hayward.

   A Spaniard is unacquainted with our northern droves. Brown.

   2. A number of sheep driven.

   A drove of sheep, or an herd of oxen, may be managed by any noise or cry which the drivers shall accustom them to. Robert South, Sermons.

   3. Any collection of animals.

   The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove,
   Now to the moon in wavering morrice move. John Milton.

   4. A crowd; a tumult.

   But if to fame alone thou do’st pretend,
   The miser will his empty palace lend,
   Set wide with doors, adorn’d with plated brass,
   Where droves, as at a city-gate, may pass. John Dryden, Juven.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drove

   A drovers' road, drove road, droveway, or simply a drove, is a route for droving livestock on foot from one place to another, such as to market or between summer and winter pasture (see transhumance). Many drovers' roads were ancient routes of unknown age; others are known to date back to medieval or more recent times.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drove

   "Drove" is the past tense of "drive", which generally refers to the act of guiding or controlling a vehicle or mode of transportation such as a car, truck, or bus. It can also refer to the act of pushing, propelling, or forcing something to move in a certain direction. Additionally, "drove" may refer to moving or pushing forward a particular cause or initiative. It may also denote a group of animals moving in the same direction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drove

   of Drive

2. Drove

   of Drive

3. Drovenoun

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

4. Drovenoun

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

5. Drovenoun

   a crowd of people in motion

6. Drovenoun

   a road for driving cattle; a driftway

7. Drovenoun

   a narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land

8. Drovenoun

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

9. Drovenoun

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

10. Etymology: [Cf. Drove, n., and Drover.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.]

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Group
   • Chisel
   • Crowd

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1524","3"],["1527","1"],["1563","11"],["1572","1"],["1575","9"],["1579","1"],["1581","4"],["1582","5"],["1584","2"],["1587","2"],["1590","6"],["1607","1"],["1620","1"],["1621","3"],["1626","1"],["1628","1"],["1632","2"],["1634","3"],["1635","6"],["1637","4"],["1638","2"],["1643","3"],["1645","3"],["1648","16"],["1649","23"],["1650","1"],["1653","1"],["1655","3"],["1656","5"],["1657","25"],["1659","5"],["1660","2"],["1661","2"],["1662","4"],["1663","1"],["1664","1"],["1665","2"],["1666","1"],["1667","3"],["1668","3"],["1669","3"],["1670","4"],["1673","16"],["1674","4"],["1675","65"],["1676","13"],["1677","2"],["1678","11"],["1679","8"],["1680","8"],["1681","22"],["1682","4"],["1683","38"],["1684","15"],["1685","27"],["1686","19"],["1687","12"],["1688","42"],["1689","11"],["1690","2"],["1691","4"],["1692","7"],["1693","10"],["1694","24"],["1695","15"],["1696","12"],["1697","14"],["1698","28"],["1699","29"],["1700","15"],["1701","26"],["1702","82"],["1703","67"],["1704","46"],["1705","57"],["1706","137"],["1707","82"],["1708","105"],["1709","32"],["1710","40"],["1711","124"],["1712","59"],["1713","54"],["1714","58"],["1715","65"],["1716","32"],["1717","112"],["1718","43"],["1719","64"],["1720","101"],["1721","106"],["1722","53"],["1723","93"],["1724","175"],["1725","86"],["1726","111"],["1727","253"],["1728","177"],["1729","257"],["1730","205"],["1731","186"],["1732","106"],["1733","156"],["1734","146"],["1735","110"],["1736","94"],["1737","128"],["1738","175"],["1739","225"],["1740","137"],["1741","159"],["1742","158"],["1743","190"],["1744","265"],["1745","158"],["1746","136"],["1747","349"],["1748","274"],["1749","220"],["1750","345"],["1751","244"],["1752","294"],["1753","400"],["1754","269"],["1755","379"],["1756","176"],["1757","205"],["1758","396"],["1759","458"],["1760","391"],["1761","604"],["1762","378"],["1763","483"],["1764","490"],["1765","267"],["1766","509"],["1767","374"],["1768","685"],["1769","384"],["1770","597"],["1771","301"],["1772","382"],["1773","489"],["1774","335"],["1775","378"],["1776","602"],["1777","406"],["1778","363"],["1779","563"],["1780","468"],["1781","482"],["1782","381"],["1783","312"],["1784","378"],["1785","505"],["1786","458"],["1787","680"],["1788","785"],["1789","648"],["1790","749"],["1791","655"],["1792","740"],["1793","575"],["1794","1026"],["1795","763"],["1796","993"],["1797","984"],["1798","718"],["1799","936"],["1800","1337"],["1801","1893"],["1802","1679"],["1803","1380"],["1804","2074"],["1805","2230"],["1806","2285"],["1807","2127"],["1808","2052"],["1809","2191"],["1810","2280"],["1811","3185"],["1812","3100"],["1813","2410"],["1814","3820"],["1815","3141"],["1816","2794"],["1817","3738"],["1818","3636"],["1819","2821"],["1820","4751"],["1821","3482"],["1822","4528"],["1823","4780"],["1824","4986"],["1825","6061"],["1826","4049"],["1827","5720"],["1828","5042"],["1829","5269"],["1830","5674"],["1831","5165"],["1832","5721"],["1833","5517"],["1834","5511"],["1835","6828"],["1836","7664"],["1837","6388"],["1838","7539"],["1839","7780"],["1840","8132"],["1841","8649"],["1842","6221"],["1843","7491"],["1844","8002"],["1845","9195"],["1846","9203"],["1847","9999"],["1848","8751"],["1849","9132"],["1850","10671"],["1851","10602"],["1852","12679"],["1853","13617"],["1854","15822"],["1855","12886"],["1856","15244"],["1857","12849"],["1858","11488"],["1859","13144"],["1860","13495"],["1861","10806"],["1862","10240"],["1863","9909"],["1864","12587"],["1865","13795"],["1866","16133"],["1867","13270"],["1868","14209"],["1869","13746"],["1870","12285"],["1871","13684"],["1872","13084"],["1873","12214"],["1874","14692"],["1875","14721"],["1876","16436"],["1877","16419"],["1878","15943"],["1879","16321"],["1880","19817"],["1881","19574"],["1882","22457"],["1883","23413"],["1884","21002"],["1885","21803"],["1886","18100"],["1887","20816"],["1888","19679"],["1889","18845"],["1890","19869"],["1891","21255"],["1892","23376"],["1893","22659"],["1894","22392"],["1895","24952"],["1896","27166"],["1897","27925"],["1898","30854"],["1899","36204"],["1900","40048"],["1901","34332"],["1902","34113"],["1903","33582"],["1904","37850"],["1905","34285"],["1906","37333"],["1907","33142"],["1908","34394"],["1909","28802"],["1910","33242"],["1911","33031"],["1912","34550"],["1913","31417"],["1914","28935"],["1915","26651"],["1916","26864"],["1917","27451"],["1918","22241"],["1919","28340"],["1920","31986"],["1921","26765"],["1922","31857"],["1923","26719"],["1924","24881"],["1925","25711"],["1926","24035"],["1927","28530"],["1928","29145"],["1929","27903"],["1930","31009"],["1931","29102"],["1932","26068"],["1933","22372"],["1934","27768"],["1935","30646"],["1936","30692"],["1937","31844"],["1938","29106"],["1939","29033"],["1940","28938"],["1941","26502"],["1942","25634"],["1943","25535"],["1944","22074"],["1945","23843"],["1946","31884"],["1947","33572"],["1948","30601"],["1949","33614"],["1950","34277"],["1951","33888"],["1952","36594"],["1953","34520"],["1954","37208"],["1955","38164"],["1956","39747"],["1957","40530"],["1958","40530"],["1959","41941"],["1960","45923"],["1961","50736"],["1962","54465"],["1963","52980"],["1964","52248"],["1965","58034"],["1966","62085"],["1967","66975"],["1968","69513"],["1969","71190"],["1970","72132"],["1971","68245"],["1972","66836"],["1973","66301"],["1974","65872"],["1975","65326"],["1976","69687"],["1977","69804"],["1978","71272"],["1979","74997"],["1980","78038"],["1981","81305"],["1982","82294"],["1983","86002"],["1984","92412"],["1985","97352"],["1986","104013"],["1987","115453"],["1988","119547"],["1989","131967"],["1990","138173"],["1991","141860"],["1992","151987"],["1993","153603"],["1994","163303"],["1995","165618"],["1996","176324"],["1997","183322"],["1998","193092"],["1999","209897"],["2000","258658"],["2001","267943"],["2002","318720"],["2003","353990"],["2004","398429"],["2005","394200"],["2006","401797"],["2007","448277"],["2008","582406"]]

Anagrams for drove »

1. dover

2. vedro

How to pronounce drove?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say drove in sign language?

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. Samuel Chien:

   Chinese investors move in herds. After panic selling drove the market down to the extreme, prices are now starting to move in the other direction.

2. Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders:

   Based on witness accounts, we have a vehicle that started north on Yonge Street from Finch( Avenue) and drove southbound at some point in times on sidewalks, at some point in times driving southbound in northbound lanes.

3. Terry McAuliffe:

   We had Donald Trump here for four years. He drove Democratic turnout, donald Trump is not president anymore. ... It's going to be very close. It's going to be nip and tuck. This is going to be a battle. ... You bet it's going to be close.

4. Maurice Carroll:

   (It's) a story that Democrats stoked for better than a year and that drove the Gov's poll numbers down, down, down.

5. Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos:

   I felt that I had done my duty. Nothing drove me now. I had run out of causes and was as close as I might ever be to peace. With all this behind me, I felt that if I had to die now, it was all right. I would not protest quite so loudly as I would have at any other time.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=drove
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drove
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=drove
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drove
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drove
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=drove
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=drove