Definitions for droves

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droves drove

Spelling: [drohv]

IPA: /droʊv/

Droves is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in droves (deorsv).

Definitions for droves

noun

1. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock.
2. Usually, droves. a large crowd of human beings, especially in motion:
3. Also called drove chisel. Masonry. a chisel, from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) broad at the edge, for dressing stones to an approximately true surface.

verb

1. simple past tense of drive.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to drive or deal in (cattle) as a drover; herd.
2. Masonry. to work or smooth (stone) as with a drove.

Origin of droves

before 950; Middle English; Old English drāf that which is driven, i.e., herd, flock; akin to drive

Examples for droves

Quail ran in droves and rose among the mesas like young thunder.

He would need professional assistance, which came in droves.

I should imagine that he was often amazed that men did not join in droves.

They are pouring in here in droves; some are on their way to Italy.

The result is that drone operators are leaving the Air Force in droves.

Despite the long-existing travel ban, Americans have already been visiting Cuba by the droves.

In they come of course, droves of them, and then I arrive and take the money.

Shoppers from Mainland China arrived in droves, and gained front row seats to civil disobedience in action.

British aristocrats married American heiresses in droves in the early 1900s.

And, worst of all, there were no droves of cattle tearing around.