Definition of Drove

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Definition of Drove

Drove

of Drive

of Drive.

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

Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.

A crowd of people in motion.

A road for driving cattle; a driftway.

A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.

A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.

The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.

To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.

To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.

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Drove Quotations

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
W. C. Fields

It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
W. C. Fields

The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.
Chief Joseph

I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab.
Larry David

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
E. O. Wilson

Those days if you drove cross country and you broke down on the side of the road, and the sign says 200 miles to the next gas station, you knew you were so screwed.
Rob Zombie

I think what drove me insane for a long time is feeling like I hadn't earned most of what I achieved because it came so fast.
Charlie Sheen

No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.
Barry White

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.
Chuck Close

I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.
Chuck Close

Drove Translations

drove in German is gefahren, fuhr
drove in Spanish is manada

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