drove
Meaning of drove
verb
past of drive.
noun- a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body.
a drove of cattle
- drive (livestock, especially cattle) to market.
these three men discovered the coal on the Dulkaninna Creek while droving cattle
droving demanded long hours in the saddle and periods of isolation
Old English drāf, related to drīfan ‘to drive’.
verb, past tense- operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
he got into his car and drove off
they drove back into town
she drove aimlessly for hours
- propel or carry along by force in a specified direction.
the wind will drive you onshore
- urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction.
they drove a flock of sheep through the centre of the city
the French infantry were driven back
- (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.
he was driven by ambition
some people are driven to murder their tormentors
Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben .
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Hyphenation of drove
drove
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- drove is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
drove synonyms
Meaning horde:
Meaning a large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live together or are kept together as livestock:
Meaning a number of domestic animals, especially sheep, goats, or geese, that are kept together:
Meaning a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it:
Meaning a form or shape produced by the gentle draping of a loose, full garment or piece of cloth:
Meaning (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system):
Meaning be the pilot of (an aircraft or ship):
Meaning guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder:
Meaning drive or control (a vehicle):
Meaning be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run:
Meaning show or indicate the way to (someone):
Meaning control the operations of; manage or govern:
Meaning guide (a vessel or vehicle) over a specified route or terrain:
Meaning travel in a motor vehicle:
Meaning turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly:
Meaning supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy:
Meaning drive or push something forwards:
Meaning go in a specified direction or manner; change position:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something:
Meaning encourage someone to continue or succeed:
Meaning make strong efforts to persuade or force (someone) to do something:
Meaning tend (sheep) as a shepherd:
Meaning make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force:
Meaning force or oblige (someone) to do something:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling):
Meaning cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely:
Meaning hurl or launch (something) with or as if with a catapult:
Meaning make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something:
Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:
Meaning compel (someone) to do something:
Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:
Meaning give an incentive or encouragement to (someone):
Meaning stimulate or persuade (someone who is reluctant or slow) to do something:
drove antonyms
Meaning move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:
Anagrams of drove
Dover, dover, roved, vedro, voder
Words that rhyme with drove
Rove, rove, codrove, misdrove, outdrove, overdrove, predrove, redrove, Bromsgrove, Cosgrove, Grove, Kidsgrove, Selinsgrove, grove, mangrove, undergrove, Shrove, shrove, throve, unrove, approve, counterprove, disapprove, disimprove, disprove, esprove, improve, misimprove, overprove, preapprove, preimprove, preprove, prove, reapprove, reimprove, reprove, unrrove, gainstrove, interstrove, outrove, outstrove, overstrove, restrove, strove, trove
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