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Meaning of drove
noun
- A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
- (usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
- (collective) A group of hares.
- A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
- A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
verb
- To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto. Example: You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
- To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind. Example: My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
- (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on. Example: to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field
verb
- To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
- To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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