drove
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(drōv) 
v.
Past tense of drive.
drove2 (drōv)
n.
v.
Past tense of drive.
drove2 (drōv)
n.
- A flock or herd being driven in a body.
- A large mass of people moving or acting as a body.
- A large body of like things. See synonyms at flock1.
- A stonemason's broad-edged chisel used for rough hewing.
- A stone surface dressed with such a chisel.
[Middle English, from Old English drāf, from drīfan, to drive.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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drove
noun
- An enormous number of persons gathered together: crowd, crush, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck1, swarm, throng. See big/small/amount, group.
- A very large number of things grouped together: army, cloud, crowd, flock, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck1, score (used in plural), swarm, throng. See big/small/amount, group.
A mason’s chisel having a blade from 2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm) broad; a boaster.
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IN BRIEF: n. - A stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone; A moving crowd; A group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together.
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categories related to 'drove'
- Animal Groups - drove: group of animals moving together; group of oxen, sheep, or swine
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Drove
Dansk (Danish)
n. - flok, hjord
v. tr. - drive
Nederlands (Dutch)
troep, steenbeitel, frijnslag, vee drijven, steenhouwen
Français (French)
n. - troupeau (de b¯ufs) en marche, foule de personnes en marche
v. tr. - conduire/surveiller un troupeau (de bétail)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schar, Herde
v. - Vieh zum Markt treiben, Viehhandel betreiben
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγέλη, μετακινούμενο κοπάδι, πλήθος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - rebanho (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - rebaño, manada
v. tr. - arrear, trabajar con un cincel
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hjord, mängd
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
畜群
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 畜群
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인파, 가축의 떼
v. tr. - (가축의 떼를) 몰다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ぞろぞろ動く群れ, 荒削りのみ, 荒削り面
v. - 追って行く, 荒削りを施す
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الفعل Drive في صيغه الماضي, قاد
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עדר, קהל נוהר
v. tr. - רעה, סיתת
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