English-Thai Dictionary

drove

VI กิริยา ช่อง ที่  2 ของ คำกริยา  drive kri-ya-chong-kong-kam-kri-ya

 

drove

VT กิริยา ช่อง ที่  2 ของ คำกริยา  drive kri-ya-chong-kong-kam-kri-ya

 

drover

N คน ไล่ต้อน ฝูง สัตว์ แล้ว นำ ไป ขาย  kon-lai-torn-foong-sad-laew-nam-pai-khai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DROVE

pret.of drive.

 

DROVE

n. 1. A collection of cattle driven; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep or swine, driven in a body. We speak of a herd of cattle, and a flock of sheep, when a number is collected; but properly a drove is a herd or flock driven. It is applicable to any species of brutes. Hence,
2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as a finny drove.
3. A crowd of people in motion.
Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.
4. A road for driving cattle. [English. ]

 

DROVER

n. 1. One who drives cattle or sheep to market. Usually in New England, a man who makes it his business to purchase fat cattle and drive them to market.
2. A boat driven by the tide.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DROVE

DROVE Drove, imp.

 

Defn: of Drive.

 

DROVE

Drove, n. Etym: [AS. draf, fr. drifan to drive. See Drive. ]

 

1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

 

2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. Milton.

 

3. A crowd of people in motion. Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. Dryden.

 

4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng. ]

 

5. (Agric.)

 

Defn: A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. Simmonds.

 

6. (Masonry ) (a ) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel. (b ) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; --called also drove work.

 

DROVEN

DROVEN Dro "ven, p. p.

 

Defn: of Drive. [Obs. ]

 

DROVER

DROVER Dro "ver, n.

 

1. One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market. Why, that's spoken like an honest drover; so they sell bullocks. Shak.

 

2. A boat driven by the tide. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

drove

drove 1 |drōv droʊv | past of drive.

 

drove

drove 2 |droʊv drōv | ▶noun 1 a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body: a drove of cattle. • a large number of people or things doing or undergoing the same thing: tourists have stayed away in droves this summer. 2 a broad chisel for use by stonemasons. DERIVATIVES dro ver noun ORIGIN Old English drāf, related to drīfan ‘to drive. ’

 

drove road

drove road ▶noun an ancient roadway along which cattle were driven to market.

 

Oxford Dictionary

drove

drove 1 |drəʊv | past of drive.

 

drove

drove 2 |drəʊv | ▶noun a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body: a drove of cattle. • a large number of people or things doing or undergoing the same thing: tourists have stayed away in droves this summer. ▶verb [ with obj. ] historical drive (livestock, especially cattle ) to market. DERIVATIVES drover noun ORIGIN Old English drāf, related to drīfan ‘to drive ’.

 

drove road

drove road ▶noun an ancient roadway along which cattle were driven to market.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

drove

drove noun 1 a drove of cattle: herd, flock, pack. 2 they came in droves: crowd, swarm, horde, multitude, mob, throng, host, mass, army, herd.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

drove

drove noun 1 a drove of cattle: herd, flock, pack, fold. 2 they came down the street in droves: crowd, swarm, horde, multitude, mob, throng, host, mass, army; collection, gathering, assembly, company; rabble, herd, crush, press, stream, sea.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

drove

drove 1 /droʊv /動詞 driveの過去形 .

 

drove

drove 2 名詞 C 1 (ぞろぞろと行く )家畜の群れ (→flock 1 関連 ).2 〖通例 ～s 〗(ぞろぞろと行く )人の群れ .

 

drover

dro ver /dróʊvə r /名詞 C 家畜の群れを追う人 ; 家畜販売業者 .