drove

¹drove

noun \ˈdrōv\

Definition of DROVE

1

: a group of animals driven or moving in a body

2

: a large number : crowd —usually used in plural especially with in <came in droves>

Examples of DROVE

1. <people flocked to the annual festival in droves>

Origin of DROVE

Middle English, from Old English drāf, from drīfan to drive — more at drive

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to DROVE

Synonyms: army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crush, crowd, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throng

Related Words: masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff; gaggle; heap, mountain, pile; jam, logjam

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Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut

Rhymes with DROVE

clove, cove, fauve, grove, Jove, mauve, rove, stove, trove