About The Word Drove

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Drove

Drove Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Drove?
[n] a chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
[n] a moving crowd [n] a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together Synonyms | Synonyms for Drove: drove chisel | horde | swarm Related Terms | Find terms related to Drove: 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 See Also | animal group | chisel | crowd Drove In Webster's Dictionary \Drove\, imp.
of {Drive}.
\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. |
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