drove
pronunciation
How to pronounce drove in British English:
UK [drəʊv]
How to pronounce drove in American English:
US [droʊv]
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- Noun:
- a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
- a moving crowd
- a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
Word Origin
- drove
- drove: see drive
- drove (n.)
- Old English draf "beasts driven in a body, road along which cattle are driven," originally "act of driving," from drifan "to drive" (see drive (v.)).
- drove
- Old English draf, past tense and obsolete past participle of drive (v.).
Example
- 1. After the funeral we drove mother home to hope .
- 2. Many of those men drove for over forty consecutive hours .
- 3. Oxborrow located an old medical laser on ebay and drove to a warehouse in north london to pick it up .
- 4. Mining investment drove half of australia 's growth last year .
- 5. When you were deceived by adam and eve , you drove them out of paradise .