drove
1 of 2noun
ˈdrōv 
1
: a group of animals driven or moving in a body
2
: a large number : crowd —usually used in plural especially with in
came in droves
drove
2 of 2past tense of drive
Synonyms
Noun
- army
- bike [chiefly Scottish]
- cram
- crowd
- crush
- flock
- herd
- horde
- host
- legion
- mass
- mob
- multitude
- press
- rout
- scrum
- swarm
- throng
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Example Sentences
Noun people flocked to the annual festival in droves
Recent Examples on the Web
Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Amed Rosario’s two-run single off Emilio Pagan in the eighth drove in Myles Straw to tie the score and Steven Kwan with the go-ahead run in a 3-2 Guardians victory over the Twins at Progressive Field. Joe Noga, cleveland, 28 June 2022 The field is also losing personnel as a drove of federal and academic botanists retire. Marion Renault, The New Republic, 7 July 2022 In Adley Rutschman’s first at-bat, his single drove in a runner. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2022 Just last month, an 18-year-old drove over 200 miles, and killed 10 Black shoppers and injured three others, at a supermarket in Buffalo. Musadiq Bidar, CBS News, 9 June 2022 His infield single in the seventh drove in Mookie Betts to extend the Dodgers' lead to 5-1. Joe Reedy, ajc, 4 June 2022 And in the third, Mateo’s single drove in Santander, who had reached on a second straight double. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022 James Clemens beat East Limestone 1-0 on Monday, breaking up the 2-hit shutout with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Parker’s single drove in Francisco Ramirez. al, 5 Apr. 2022 See More
Noun
Will Smith’s single drove in Mookie Betts to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but equally destructive were lengthy at-bats by Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy. Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Amed Rosario’s two-run single off Emilio Pagan in the eighth drove in Myles Straw to tie the score and Steven Kwan with the go-ahead run in a 3-2 Guardians victory over the Twins at Progressive Field. Joe Noga, cleveland, 28 June 2022 The field is also losing personnel as a drove of federal and academic botanists retire. Marion Renault, The New Republic, 7 July 2022 In Adley Rutschman’s first at-bat, his single drove in a runner. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2022 Just last month, an 18-year-old drove over 200 miles, and killed 10 Black shoppers and injured three others, at a supermarket in Buffalo. Musadiq Bidar, CBS News, 9 June 2022 His infield single in the seventh drove in Mookie Betts to extend the Dodgers' lead to 5-1. Joe Reedy, ajc, 4 June 2022 And in the third, Mateo’s single drove in Santander, who had reached on a second straight double. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022 James Clemens beat East Limestone 1-0 on Monday, breaking up the 2-hit shutout with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Parker’s single drove in Francisco Ramirez. al, 5 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English drāf, from drīfan to drive — more at drive
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
drove 1 of 2
noun
ˈdrōv
: a large group of animals or people moving or acting together
droves of shoppers
drove
2 of 2past tense of drive
drovers
noun
as in herders
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