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dreaves

dreaves is the plural of dreave.

Meaning of dreave

Noun

dreave (plural dreaves)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A drove.
  2. (UK, dialectal) A crowd or throng of people.
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) The yearly herring fishing.
  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A shoal of fish; a catch.

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Questions about dreaves

What is dreaves the plural of?
Dreaves is the plural of dreave.

Words near dreaves in the dictionary

  1. drears
  2. drearsome
  3. dreary
  4. dreave
  5. dreaved
  6. dreaves
  7. dreaving
  8. Drebin
  9. drebrin
  10. drebrins
  11. drebyssoside

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