drove

¹

[drohv]

verb

1. simple past tense of drive.

drove

²

[drohv]

noun

1. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock.

2. Usually droves a large crowd of human beings, especially in motion.

   They came to Yankee Stadium in droves.

3. Also called drove chisel. Masonry.,  a chisel, from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) broad at the edge, for dressing stones to an approximately true surface.

verb (used with or without object)

droved, droving 

1. to drive or deal in (cattle) as a drover; herd.

2. Masonry.,  to work or smooth (stone) as with a drove.

drove

¹

/ drəʊv /

noun

1. a herd of livestock being driven together

2. (often plural) a moving crowd of people

3. a narrow irrigation channel

4. Also called: drove chisel. a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone

verb

1. 1. (tr) to drive (a group of livestock), usually for a considerable distance

   2. (intr) to be employed as a drover

2. to work (a stone surface) with a drove

drove

²

/ drəʊv /

verb

1. the past tense of drive

Word History and Origins

Origin of drove¹

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English drāf “that which is driven,” i.e., “herd, flock”; akin to drive

Word History and Origins

Origin of drove¹

Old English drāf herd; related to Middle Low German drēfwech cattle pasture; see _drive , _drift

Synonym Study

See flock ¹.

Example Sentences

It carried the suggestion that black players often had to play harder to overcome prejudice—and the book underscores exactly how that drove some of them to greater achievements than anyone else on the field.

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Missy drove Berard to the team dentist in White Plains, who referred them to the oral surgeon.

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Rental, hiring and real estate services expanded 0.9% in the first quarter, while electricity generation drove a 2.9% quarterly increase in electricity, gas, water and waste services, the data showed.

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Visitors to California’s Joshua Tree National Park littered, camped illegally, drove off-road and even cut down some trees, park advocates say.

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The article suggests that the favorable tailwinds that drove those high historical returns, such as declining interest rates and a steady expansion of valuation multiples, have largely played out.

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