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Meaning of 'drove' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Drove [ imp.]
- of Drive
- of Drive.
2 . Drove [ n.]
- 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.

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