Drove word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "drove" word
[noun] a moving crowd
[noun] a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
\Drove\, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See {Drive}.] 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body. 2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. --Milton. 3. A crowd of people in motion. Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --Dryden. 4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.] 5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. --Simmonds. 6. (Masonry)
(a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also {drove chisel}.
(b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also {drove work}.
\Drove\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Droved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Droving}.] [Cf. {Drove}, n., and {Drover}.] 1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover. He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh. --Paterson. 2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
Synonyms for drove
drove chisel, horde, swarm
See also: animal group | chisel | crowd |
Related terms: army, bunch, cage, colony, corral, crush, drift, drive, flock, gam, gang, goad, herd, horde, host, kennel, lash, litter, multitude, pack, pod, press, prick, pride, punch cattle, push, ride herd on, round up, run, school, shepherd, shoal, skulk, sloth, spur, squash, throng, trip, troop, whip, wrangle
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Let's analyse "drove" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVORD. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
drove: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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