drove
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,250 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,626 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
- a moving crowd also: horde, swarm
- a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone also: drove chisel
drove in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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That morning, with great comfort, I beheld the ship drove ashore.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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She had something like a cloud before her eyes; and she drove her needle at random.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The latter saw him; grew very excited, cursed him and drove him from his farm with bitter oaths and violent threats.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Frome did not even turn his head as we drove by, and still in silence we began to mount the next slope.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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When you was young, you wouldn't have drove no woman into a corner for love, nor yet married her on a sacrifice.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1