drove

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɹəʊv/
• (America) IPA: /dɹoʊv/ ^help
• (Can we verify^{([Wiktionary:Tea_room/2020/Agosto?action=edit§ion=new&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bdrove%5D%5D +])} this pronunciation?) IPA: /ˈdɹɔʊf/

Noun

drove (plural droves)

1. A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
2. (usually, in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).

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3. (collective) A group of hares.
4. A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
5. A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
6. A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
7. The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.

Translations

• French: troupeau, manade, horde
• German: Herde
• Italian: mandria, armento, branco
• Russian: гурт
• Spanish: manada, tropa (Arg., Bol., Par. and Ur.)

Translations

• French: foule
• Italian: calca, massa
• Russian: толпа́
• Spanish: legión

Translations

• Italian: pista, passaggi obbligati, attraversamento
• Spanish: cañada, vía pecuaria

Verb

1. simple past tense of drive

   drove (droves, present participle droving; past and past participle droved)

2. To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.

   • He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh.

3. (transitive) To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.

Translations

• Italian: transumare, condurre, guidare

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