Shrove

What do we mean by shrove?

Preterit of shrive.

To take part in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, in general, to make merry.

Shrift; shriving: used only in composition, or in such phrases as Shrove Tuesday. See shrift and shriving. noun

Imp. of shrive.

Quinguagesima Sunday.

The Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday.

To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry. intransitive verb

Simple past of shrive. verb

To join in the festivities of Shrovetide. verb

To make merry. verb

To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)

To prescribe penance or absolution.

To confess, and receive absolution.

Words that are spelled similarly to shrove:
shrove, shove, shrive, strove, throve, shreve, shrode.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shrove:
jif, tuesday, pancake, mardi, gras, carnival, lent, ash, wednesday, fasting, monday, procession, costumes, easter, fat, parade, dinner, sunday, celebrated, ritual, custom, dress, celebration, tradition, occasion, ball, day, legend, christmas, roman, saturday, evening, ceremony, streets, word, bell, traditional, holy, before, takes, start, continues, countries, latin, festival.

Words that rhyme with shrove:
trove, dove, cove, grove, stove, alcove, clove, drove, rove, mangrove, hove, wove, 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 shrove:
next, last.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shrove:
tuesday, tide, sunday, night, monday, tuefday, games.

Consonant match to shrove:
shrive, shrieve, shreve, shreeve.

Words that sound like shrove:
shrove, shrive, shreve, shreeve, shrieve, sro, shro, chauve, srv, trove, shove, shave, shrew, shiv, shive, sre, chev, sri, shri, sharif, sheree, sra, shriver, shree, sheave, shariah, sraw, shroff, shrode, shru, xiv, shrow, scheve, shreves, shrived, shra, schriever, schroff, schriver, schroer, shirring, schering, shrives, shruff, sru, schrei, schav, schryver, grove, drove, trave, trev, trav, jove, triv, giove, trouve, jarreau, jro, arev, erev, eruv, shirley, showy, shirty, sherly, sherley, shirky, charade, rove, chau, scho, chaud, scherzo, charette, scher, schrade, schrock, schreck, schrage, schirm, scherff, schau, schroll, schurr, scherf, schur, schrag, schreier, scherz, schrod, schrier, schurz, schreyer, schritt, chv, schroyer, scherm, hsr, scherma.