drove

noun

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\ 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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Synonyms for drove

Synonyms: Noun

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

Examples of drove in a Sentence

Noun people flocked to the annual festival in droves

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Nico Hoerner's bloop single in the second drove in the first run. — Matt Carlson, Star Tribune, 20 May 2021 Chad Wallach’s single drove in Berti for a 2-0 lead. — Charles Odum, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Apr. 2021 Rihn Showpigs grew from only-pig Bacon to their current drove of 22. — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2021 Stewart's single drove in a run in the eighth inning. — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2021 Benjamin Stevenson, Keller Timber Creek: His walk-off RBI triple with no outs in the bottom of the seventh drove in Alejandro Mendoza to give Timber Creek a 6-5 win against Keller Fossil Ridge. — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2021 Seminole responded on the opening drove of the second half to extend its advantage to 21-6 after overcoming a pair of sacks by Timar Rogers and Robert Uccello. — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2020 The water eats your work like a drove of wild birds. — Hannah Aizenman, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020 The water eats your work like a drove of wild birds. — Hannah Aizenman, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020

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