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drove
1[ drohv ]
drove
2[ drohv ]
noun
- Usually droves. a large crowd of human beings, especially in motion:
They came to Yankee Stadium in droves.
- Also called drove chis·el. Masonry. a chisel, from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) broad at the edge, for dressing stones to an approximately true surface.
verb (used with or without object)
- to drive or deal in (cattle) as a drover; herd.
- Masonry. to work or smooth (stone) as with a drove.
drove
1/ drəʊv /
noun
- a herd of livestock being driven together
- often plural a moving crowd of people
- a narrow irrigation channel
- Also calleddrove chisel a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
verb
- tr to drive (a group of livestock), usually for a considerable distance
- intr to be employed as a drover
- to work (a stone surface) with a drove
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According to the company, customers call in droves claiming that they’ve caught their biggest fish ever after spraying hooks or lures with WD40 and thus assume that the product must have fish oil in it.
Over the summer and fall, tourists came in droves to Jackson, with as many as 40,000 total visitors in a day.
Today, raw athleticism is almost a prerequisite for the position, and Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen possess it in droves.
Telegram’s specific combination of features, however, make it especially popular among American right-wing extremists, who have joined the platform in droves after being kicked off of Twitter, Facebook, and Parler.
Insurance company stocks sank in droves on the news, mirroring the shockwave Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods sent through grocery stores shares.
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
As he drove me back to the logging road, Frank told me about the area in his deep voice.
A practical man who refused to run from the dreams that always drove him.
We drove back down the hill, and the driver let me out near the Prado.
Then the two hopped in a car and “drove around Chicago like lunatics,” Wald remembered.
After we had engaged our rooms, we drove back to the hotel where Liszt was staying, and where we were to dine immediately.
Battle of Famars, in which the allies drove the French from their camp with great loss.
He turned the car, and passing the Casino drove up the hill, taking the direction of Mentone, when he had reached the top.
They gardened, they drove out, they rowed and sailed upon the lake, but they declined all acquaintances.
We drove to the Deutches Haus, an excellent hotel, where I was shown into a large and comfortable room.
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