drove

The definition of a drove is a group of people or farm animals that is moving together.

(noun)

An example of a drove is the group of people leaving a stadium after a football game.

Drove is defined as something has been driven, pushed or moved forward.

(verb)

An example of drove is a car that's been driven from one place to another.

See drove in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a number of cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. driven or moving along as a group; flock; herd
a moving crowd of people: usually used in pl.
1. a broad-faced chisel for grooving or dressing stone
  also drove chisel
2. a grooved surface made with this chisel
  also drove work

Origin: ME < OE draf < drifan, drive

transitive verb, intransitive verb droved, droving

to finish (stone) with a drove chisel

transitive verb, intransitive verb

drive

See drove in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb

Past tense of drive.

noun

A flock or herd being driven in a body.
a. A large mass of people moving or acting as a body.
b. A large body of like things. See Synonyms at flock¹.
a. A stonemason's broad-edged chisel used for rough hewing.
b. A stone surface dressed with such a chisel.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English drāf

Origin: , from drīfan, to drive; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots

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