drove

noun

\ ˈdrōv

Definition of drove

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

drove

Definition of drove (Entry 2 of 2)

past tense of drive

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Noun

people flocked to the annual festival in droves

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Women have entered the workforce in droves and the number of job vacancies per applicant has reached multidecade highs. — Mike Bird, WSJ, "The Myths and Legends of Japan’s 20 Years With Zero Interest Rates," 13 Feb. 2019 Unsurprisingly, her followers quickly noticed the fail and called her out in droves. — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Internet Collectively Called Out Khloé Kardashian's Major Photoshop Fail," 1 Feb. 2019 Tiny Sunglasses:Thanks to the likes of Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Kaia Gerber, and more, slip cat eye sunglasses were sold in droves. — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, "ASOS' Best-Selling Styles of 2018," 4 Jan. 2019 The most recent drought has prompted some herders to plunder the livestock of rival communities or sneak into nature reserves to graze their hungry droves. — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, "The Energy 202: Interior agency gives employees "vision cards" depicting oil rigs," 16 Mar. 2018 Dan Ryan, who had two hits and two RBI, drove in the first run for the Stags (14-19) when his double drove in Jack Gethings. — Hartford Courant, courant.com, "Regional Digest: Hartford Rallies To Softball Win Over Fairfield," 18 Apr. 2018 The most recent drought has prompted some herders to plunder the livestock of rival communities or sneak into nature reserves to graze their hungry droves. — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, "The Energy 202: Interior agency gives employees "vision cards" depicting oil rigs," 16 Mar. 2018 The most recent drought has prompted some herders to plunder the livestock of rival communities or sneak into nature reserves to graze their hungry droves. — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, "Hotter, Drier, Hungrier: How Global Warming Punishes the World’s Poorest," 12 Mar. 2018 While readers of Time complained in their droves about the choice of Wallis, there was no denying the universal fascination with the mystery woman who had caused a king to abdicate his throne. — Andrew Morton, Town & Country, "Wallis Simpson and the Aftermath of the Abdication," 13 Feb. 2018

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