Drove

What do we mean by drove?

A flock or herd being driven in a body. noun

A large mass of people moving or acting as a body. noun

A stonemason's broad-edged chisel used for rough hewing. noun

A stone surface dressed with such a chisel. noun

Preterit and obsolete and dialectal past participle of drive.

In masonry, to tool roughly

A number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a body; cattle driven in a herd: by extension, a collection or crowd of other animals, or of human beings, in motion. noun

A road or drive for sheep or cattle in droves. noun

A narrow channel or drain, used in the irrigation of land. noun

To trouble; afflict; make anxious.

A chisel, from two to four inches broad, used in making droved work. noun

To follow the occupation of a drover.

Of drive. imperative

To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover. verb

To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel. verb

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

Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward. noun

A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

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

(collective) A group of hares.

A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.

A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.

A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.

The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.

Words that are spelled similarly to drove:
drove, drive, drone, prove, trove, dove, grove, rove, drome, drole, drave, droze, drovy, droke, drobe, droge.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word drove:
propeller, motorsports, screw, daytona, chevrolet, porsche, mans, shaft, ferrari, laps, truck, touchdown, ashore, car, nascar, lap, toyota, bmw, speedway, racing, yards, inning, rbi, sponsorship, indianapolis, driving, races, wheels, rally, driven, driver, cattle, finish, ford, threw, pit, prix, drive, steam, finishing, pairs, cars, diameter, pass, race, stopped, wheel, ball, missed, runs, away, yard, down, off, goal, seconds, confederate, powered, back, field.

Words that rhyme with drove:
trove, dove, cove, grove, stove, alcove, clove, rove, mangrove, hove, wove, shrove, tov, strove, throve, soave, gove, nov, treasure trove, bove, dowve, howve, primus stove, cooking stove, spirit stove, gas stove, kitchen stove, black mangrove, hargrove, seagrove, white mangrove, snelgrove, wingrove, hardgrove, button mangrove, boeve, hartgrove, colegrove, cazenove, labauve, lovegrove, snellgrove, yaacov.

Adjectives that are often used to describe drove:
new, gusty, last, cruel, large, prince, earliest, oar, brazen, speckled, sharp.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective drove:
home, roads, wife, car, road, work, slumber, everybody, team, truck, way, site, enemy, everyone, terror.

Consonant match to drove:
drive, dr, drave.

Words that sound like drove:
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