droves

Noun

drove (plural droves)

1. (collective) The herd being driven in a cattle (or other animal) drive; thus, a number of animals driven to market or new pastures; a group of livestock animals more generally.

   Synonyms:

   drift

2. (broadly, figuratively, plural-normally) A large number of people on the move.
   • in droves
3. (collective) A group of other animals, especially hares when seen in coursing or hunting.
   • The boy hunters had arrived at the wood grove, far off from the wary drove of hares, who resumed foraging cautiously, as before.2026, T.D. Motley, Planting and Painting the Landscape: A Sequel to The Art of Farming, Stoney Creek Publishing Group
4. A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.
5. A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
6. A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.

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