drove

English

/dɹəʊv/, /ˈdɹɔʊf/

noun
Definitions
  • A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
  • (usually) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
  • (collective) A group of hares.
  • A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
  • A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
  • A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
  • The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English drove inherited from Old English drāf (herd, a driving out, expulsion, action of driving, company, road along which cattle are driven, a drove, drove, band) inherited from Proto-Germanic *draibō (a drive, drove, push, movement) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (push, drive), *dʰer- (hold, support, dirty, dull, bear, roar, hod, hum, drone).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰer-

Gloss

hold, support, dirty, dull, bear, roar, hod, hum, drone

Concept
Semantic Field

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Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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