drove

drove

noun

Definition of DROVE

1

a great number of persons or creatures massed together <people flocked to the annual festival in droves>

Synonyms army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crush, drove, 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

2

a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together <a drove of cattle>

Synonyms drove, flock

Related Words colony, covey, gaggle, pack, plump [chiefly dialect], pod, school, swarm