Synonyms for drove
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1. drove

   Group is the general word for any gathering of a small number of objects, whether of persons, animals, or inanimate things. The individuals in a brood or litter are related to each other; those in the other groups may not be. Brood is used chiefly of fowls and birds, litter of certain quadrupeds which bring forth many young at a birth; we speak of a brood of chickens, a litter of puppies; brood is sometimes applied to a family of young children. Bevy is used of birds, and figuratively of any bright and lively group of women or children, but rarely of men. Flock is applied to birds and to some of the smaller animals; herd is confined to the larger animals; we speak of a bevy of quail, a covey of partridges, a flock of blackbirds, or a flock of sheep, a herd of cattle, horses, buffaloes, or elephants, a pack of wolves, a pack of hounds, a swarm of bees. A collection of animals driven or gathered for driving is called a drove.

   Synonyms:
   bevy, brood, covey, flock, group, hatch, herd, litter, lot, pack, set, swarm

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1. drovenoun

   a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

   Synonyms:
   swarm, drove chisel, horde

2. drove, horde, swarmnoun

   a moving crowd

   Synonyms:
   legion, cloud, swarm, drove chisel, horde, host

3. drove, drove chiselnoun

   a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone

   Synonyms:
   swarm, drove chisel, horde

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Group
   • Chisel
   • Crowd

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1. drovenoun

   Synonyms:
   herd, flock

2. drovenoun

   Synonyms:
   crowd, collection

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1. drovenoun

   Synonyms:
   herd, flock, crowd, company

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1. List of paraphrases for "drove":

   led, pushed

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1. Michael Hoffmann:

   As individuals our individual contribution is small but as aggregate it’s important, if we drove a little less, turned the lights out at home, that would reduce our energy use. Many of us who own homes can install solar. The opportunities for individuals are wide open. Everyone can also raise their voices, all of us can do that for the sake of the future. Everyone can do a better job.

2. Stef Blok:

   It was CNN that drove the attention to this terrible slave trade that has been going on in Libya for far too long, as The Netherlands is currently a member of the Security Council, we proposed to them to impose United Nations on six of the worst perpetrators -- and that will mean that this crime won't be left unpunished.

3. Mohammad Abu-Salha:

   So, we just drove there knowing what we are about to face. I almost crashed my car on the way there, and then we found the police there.

4. Jennifer Hood:

   I drove two-and-a-half hours away to find it.

5. Bianca Burchett:

   When I walked in (to the house), the builders were ripping up the floorboards and then they pulled out this tiny, painfully thin cat and I just burst into tears, bless the builder, though, he put Thor in a box, jumped in his van and drove him straight to St Anne’s, while I rushed home so we could follow him down.