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DROVE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does drove mean?

• DROVE (noun)
The noun DROVE has 3 senses:

1. a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
2. a moving crowd
3. a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone

Familiarity information: DROVE used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• DROVE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("drove" is a kind of...):

animal group (a group of animals)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A moving crowd

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

swarm; drove; horde

Hypernyms ("drove" is a kind of...):

crowd (a large number of things or people considered together)

Sense 3

drove ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drove chisel; drove

Hypernyms ("drove" is a kind of...):

chisel (an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge)

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