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   drove

   /drəʊv/

   noun

   • 1. a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body: "a drove of cattle" Similar herdflockpackfold
   • ▪ a large number of people or things doing or undergoing the same thing: "tourists have stayed away in droves this summer" Similar crowdswarmhordemultitudemobthronghostmassarmycollectiongatheringassemblycompanyrabbleherdcrushpressstreamsea

   verb

   • 1. drive (livestock, especially cattle) to market: historical "these three men discovered the coal on the Dulkaninna Creek while droving cattle"

   Word Origin Old Englishdrāf, related to drīfan ‘to drive’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. drover noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • D

     2

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • V

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   • E

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