Drove
[drəʊv] or [drov]
Definition
(noun.) a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone.
(noun.) a moving crowd.
(noun.) a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together.
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Definition
(imp.) of Drive
(imp.) of Drive.
(n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
(n.) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
(n.) A crowd of people in motion.
(n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
(n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
(n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.
(n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Herd, flock.[2]. Crowd, collection.
Editor: Roxanne
Definition
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.
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Examples
- A serious occurrence that might have resulted in accident drove him soon after from Canada, although the youth could hardly be held to blame for it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- General Sherman, leaving a force to hold Atlanta, with the remainder of his army fell upon him and drove him to Gadsden, Alabama. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We drove slowly in this matting-covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Beams crossed the opening down into the main floor where the hay-carts drove in when the hay was hauled in to be pitched up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The post-chaise drove up to the door shortly afterwards; and Giles coming in for the luggage, the good doctor bustled out, to see it packed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was as if the eager current of her being had been checked by a sudden obstacle which drove it back upon itself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He had been too fond of his cousin to like to confess this to himself, until the truth had been forced on him, when she drove off to her aunt's. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Well, we came to the old boat again in good time at night; and there Mr. and Mrs. Barkis bade us good-bye, and drove away snugly to their own home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He drove it back to his workshop and made certain changes in the reel and the divider. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A cold grey sky threatened rain, and a high wind drove the dust in wild spirals up and down the streets. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Human society began, just as herds and droves begin among animals, by the family delaying its breaking up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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