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

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

2. Drove

   of Drive

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

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

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

4. Drove(noun)

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

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

5. Drove(noun)

   a crowd of people in motion

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

6. Drove(noun)

   a road for driving cattle; a driftway

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

7. Drove(noun)

   a narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land

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

8. Drove(noun)

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

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

9. Drove(noun)

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

   Etymology: [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

How to pronounce drove?

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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. Former US Rep. Joe Walsh:

   Our founding fathers understood this clearly and that's why they wrote the Second Amendment the way they did -- that that right will not be infringed. whether he had a gun, a hammer, a bomb, whether he drove a pickup truck through the window of a classroom... He's responsible for that act, not the gun, not the hammer and not the pickup truck.

2. Mike Muller:

   Because Nokia was then becoming the number one mobile phone company, other people knew they'd selected ARM to use in mobile phones, and that drove a lot of adoption from other players.

3. Chris Kirk:

   I haven't got to practise a whole lot but something kind of clicked for me on the back nine, i hit a lot of wedges close, and I drove it way better today. I drove it right where I was looking all day, which was nice.

4. President Trump:

   They took this fraudster from ABC, they suspended him for a month. They should have fired him for what he wrote. He drove the stock market down 350 points in minutes, which by the way, tells you they really like me, right? When you think of it, and you know what he cost people? And I said to everybody get yourself a lawyer and sue ABC News, sue them.

5. Christi Berry:

   He might have been assaulted. A firefighter did see him on the road, stated he thought he was a scarecrow. Made a 911 call and drove away. Which I can’t wrap my head around that.

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