Word Direct Answers

What does "drove" mean?

Drove: A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. Milton.
  2. 3.A crowd of people in motion. Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. Dryden.
  3. 4.A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
  4. 5.(Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. Simmonds.
  5. 6.(Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.

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