Definition of DROVE

drove

Meanings

Plural: droves

Noun

  • a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
  • a moving crowd
  • a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
  • A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
  • A large number of people on the move.
  • A group of hares.
  • A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.
  • A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
  • A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
  • The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.

Verb

  • operate or control a vehicle
  • travel or be transported in a vehicle
    • "We drove to the university every morning"
  • cause someone or something to move by driving
    • "She drove me to school every day"
    • "We drove the car to the garage"
  • force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  • to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
  • cause to move back by force or influence
  • compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
    • "She finally drove him to change jobs"
  • push, propel, or press with force
  • cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
  • strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  • move into a desired direction of discourse
  • have certain properties when driven
  • work as a driver
  • move by being propelled by a force
    • "The car drove around the corner"
  • urge forward
  • proceed along in a vehicle
  • strike with a driver, as in teeing off
  • hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
  • excavate horizontally
  • cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
  • hunting: search for game
  • hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
  • simple past of drive
  • past participle of drive
  • To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
  • To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English drove, drof, draf, from Old English drāf (“action of driving; a driving out, expulsion; drove, herd, band; company, band; road along which cattle are driven”), from Proto-Germanic *draibō (“a drive, push, movement, drove”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Scots drave, dreef (“drove, crowd”), Dutch dreef (“a walkway, wide road with trees, drove”), Middle High German treip (“a drove”), Swedish drev (“a drive, drove”), Icelandic dreif (“a scattering, distribution”). More at drive.

Synonyms

aim, beat back, drive, drove chisel, force, force back, get, horde, labor, labour, motor, push, push back, ram, repel, repulse, ride, swarm, take, tug

Antonyms

attract

Scrabble Score: 9

drove is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
drove is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drove is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

drove is a valid Words With Friends word