Associations to the word «Drove»

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DROVE, noun. A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

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

DROVE, noun. A group of hares.

DROVE, noun. A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.

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

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

DROVE, noun. The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.

DROVE, verb. Simple past tense of drive.

DROVE, verb. To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.

DROVE, verb. (transitive) To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.

DROVE OFF, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of drive off

Dictionary definition

DROVE, noun. A group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together.

DROVE, noun. A moving crowd.

DROVE, noun. A stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone.

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Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.

William Butler Yeats

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