grove
grove (grōv)
noun
- a small wood or group of trees without undergrowth
- a group of trees planted and cultivated to bear fruit, nuts, etc.; orchard
Etymology: ME grof < OE graf, akin to græfa, thicket
Preposition: of
- academe: These old saints have not yet heard in their groves of academe that GOD IS DEAD!
- oak: The park was planted about the same time, and has now a grove of fine old oaks, and abounds with deer.
- palm: The spot selected was one beneath a noble grove of cocoanut palms, andnot far from the ocean beach.
- tree: The path winds through a grove of willow trees.
- pine: They rose at our feet like fluttered birds of game; they stood up in our path like rose-bushes amid groves of pine.
- olive: Ancient villages framed by vineyards, dramatic coastal scenery and shady groves of olive and cypress.
Converse of subject
- surround: Which despite being on the top of the mountain is still surrounded by huge groves of bamboo.
Converse of object
- terrace: Blue Tit: family party in terraced olive groves behind Mandraki, Nysiros on 8/5.
Adjective modifier
- olive: Snow blows through the olive groves, sifting against the tree roots.
- citrus: The project's success reduced the need for chemical control in citrus groves.
- coconut: Casualty agent with coconut grove itself move into the owner of the.
- sacred: Small trees in a pot can create a sacred grove indoors or on a balcony or patio.
- almond: The last leg takes you through almond groves to your last base.
- orange: However, the orange groves on Sao Miguel were hit by blight in 1860.
Noun used with modifier
- elk: An elk grove coin jackpot for a good deal attract the to.
- bamboo: A mountainside forest setting includes dense bamboo groves which support numerous bird species.
- cypress: Lush cypress groves, whitewashed houses, sleepy mountain villages and fertile plains are everywhere on the island of Kos.
- palm: We took the trail back through the palm grove which appeared to end at the dirt road at the back of the resort.
- Druid: The site of the Abbey was a Druid grove or suchlike, a valuable endowment.
- yew: This is in origin a Celtic name perhaps meaning ' yew grove ' .
In the deep windings of the grove no more The hag obscene, and grisly phantom dwell; Nor in the fall of mountain-stream, or roar Of winds, is heard the angry spirit's yell.
No pleasing Intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene; Grove nods at grove, each a mirror of the other. The suff'ring eye inverted Nature sees, Trees cut to Statues, Statues thick as trees, With here a Fountain, never to be play'd, And there a Summer-house, that knows no shade; Here Amphitrite sails thro'myrtle bow'rs There Gladiators fight, or die, in flow'rs Un-water'd see the drooping sea-horse mourn, And swallows roost in Nilus'dusty Urn.
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore;ö Turn whereso'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
Browse dictionary entries near grove
- grouty
- grout
- grouse
- groupuscule
- groupthink
- grouping
- groupie
- grouper
- Groupe Sp
- group rotation
- grovel
- groveling
- grow
- grower
- growing
- growing pains
- growing point
- growl
- growler
- grown
