drove: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with D · ends with E
Meaning of drove
noun
- collective
A cattle drive, or a drive of another livestock animal (e.g. sheep). 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.
- broadly, figuratively, plural-normally
A cattle drive, or a drive of another livestock animal (e.g. sheep). A large number of people on the move.
Example: in droves
- collective
A cattle drive, or a drive of another livestock animal (e.g. sheep). A group of other animals, especially hares when seen in coursing or hunting.
A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.
Listed forms: droves.
Source: Wiktionary — drove.
verb
- form-of, past
simple past of drive
Base or related entry: drive.
- dialectal, form-of, participle, past
past participle of drive
Base or related entry: drive.
Source: Wiktionary — drove.
verb
To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
- transitive
To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
Listed forms: droves, droving, droved.
Source: Wiktionary — drove.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for drove.
noun
a moving crowd
noun
a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
- drove chisel
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is drove in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of drove
D(2) + R(1) + O(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of drove
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from drove
22 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in drove. Showing up to 24, longest first.