DROVE


Meaning of DROVE in English

[drove] n [ME, fr. OE draf, fr. drifan to drive--more at drive] (bef. 12c) 1: a group of animals driven or moving in a body

2: a large number: crowd--usu. used in pl. esp. with in "tourists arriving in ~s" "stayed away in ~s"

[2]drove past of drive

Merriam-Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Merriam Webster.