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Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
John Gay

Meaning of "droves" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DROVES

droves  [drəʊvz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROVES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Droves is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROVES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

droves

Drovers' road

A drovers' road, drove or droveway is a route for droving livestock on foot from one place to another, such as to market or between summer and winter pasture. Many drovers' roads were ancient routes of unknown age; others are known to date back to medieval or more recent times.

Definition of droves in the English dictionary

The definition of droves in the dictionary is droves of people large numbers of people.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROVES


Groves
ɡrəʊvz
loaves
ləʊvz
nutloaves
ˈnʌtləʊvz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROVES

droughtiness
droughty
drouk
droukit
drouth
drouthiness
drouthy
drove
drove chisel
drover
drow
drown
drowner
drowning
drowse
drowsier
drowsiest
drowsihead
drowsihed
drowsily

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROVES

archives
behooves
derivatives
Graves
handle with kid gloves
hooves
House of Representatives
housewives
kid gloves
knives
leaves
lives
Maldives
Member of the House of Representatives
oil of cloves
ourselves
reserves
rubber gloves
themselves
to handle sb with kid gloves

Synonyms and antonyms of droves in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DROVES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «droves» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of droves

Translation of «droves» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROVES

Find out the translation of droves to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of droves from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «droves» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大批人群
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

manada
570 millions of speakers

English

droves
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तादाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اسراب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

табуны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

montes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দলে দলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

masse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbondong-bondong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scharen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大勢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lũ lượt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூட்டம் கூட்டமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Droves
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sürüler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frotte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tłumy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

табуни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαζικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hordes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drivor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hopetall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of droves

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROVES»

The term «droves» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.721 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROVES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «droves» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «droves» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about droves

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8 QUOTES WITH «DROVES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word droves.
1
Karen Abbott
In the beginning of the war, Southern women wanted their men to leave - in droves, and as quickly as possible. They were the Confederate Army's most persuasive and effective recruitment officers, shaming anyone who shirked his duty to fight.
2
John Doolittle
There are some liberals eager to embrace a culture void of morals, but the majority of America is made up of honest, hard-working families who turned out in droves to protect the traditional way of life.
3
Carly Fiorina
The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.
4
John Gay
Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
5
James MacArthur
They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring.
6
Robert B. Parker
'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves.
7
Melissa Rosenberg
So what 'Twilight' does is show how women/girls can drive box office and they can support a tent pole movie. They're an extremely passionate fan base. This coincided with the 13 year old boys starting to stay home and play video games and work on their home media stuff. They're no longer going to theaters in droves.
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Gordon Smith
History shows that pay-TV subscribers flee in droves to alternative providers when there is even a rare service disruption - demonstrating a quantifiable value for 'must-have' broadcast programming.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROVES»

Discover the use of droves in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to droves and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tuned droves
"In TUNED DROVES, there's a figure who discovers 'human or animal bones in the REM movements of babies.
Eric Baus, 2008
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Droves Cove
Adria was inspired with the idea to write the Droves Cove Series of books in late 2003. Adria's goal with the series is to ignite the imaginations of children drawing them to an understanding that reading can be exciting and fun!
Adria Thompson, 2008
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Annual Report
From all the central points where the cattle of the steppe congregate, the droves that are intended for the shambles are forthwith directed, 1st, into the Great Russia ; 2d, into Poland ; 3d, into the North and Northwest States of Austria. 1st.
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 1860
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Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture
From all the central points where the cattle of the steppe congregate, the droves that are intended for the shambles are forthwith directed, 1st, into the Great Russia ; 2d, into Poland ; 3d, into the North and Northwest States of Austria. 1st.
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 1860
5
Arcana Cœlestia the Heavenly Mysteries Contained in the Holy ...
And he saw, and behold a well in a field, and behold there three droves of a flock lying down near it, because out of that well they made the droves drink, and a great stone was on the mouth of the well. And all the droves were gathered ...
‎1863
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
Legion: zu Legionen kommen/... Masse: in Massen herbeiströmen/... to flock toa place/.../to come in droves to a place/.../to leave a place/... in droves/to swarm out of a place/... Scharen: in Scharen herbeiströmen/den Platz verlassen/... droves of  ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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London: v. 2
'The drovers are furnished with torches to enable them to distinguish the marks on the cattle—to put the sheep' into pens, and to form the beasts into “droves.” There is not room to tie up much more than one'half of the cattle sent for sale, and  ...
Charles Knight, 1841
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Arcana cœlestia: or Heavenly mysteries contained in the ...
Droves of a flock are said to lie down near the well, because doctrinals are derived from the Word ; that well denotes the Word, was said just above, n. 3765. 3768. " Because out of that well they made the droves drink" — that hereby is signified ...
Emanuel Swedenborg, 1808
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English-Amharic Context Dictionary
a°"ip A drove of cattle is passing by the house. rtrtft « i nn,* * ftmi-n □ .pa4«a droves of people AJP^f i n-n*!^ Droves of people came to the exposition. come in droves People came in droves, Af^f ' T-^f- fn droves fl'flf *t The soldiers deserted in ...
Wolf Leslau, 1973
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Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama
act prescribed, to wit: that the said owner or driver of sueh^-^V^-^ drove or droves , shall first apply to some six or more respecta- j?"a"^°' ble free holders of such counties to inspect such drove or droves tosee if they are free of disease and can  ...
Alabama, 1835

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROVES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term droves is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greeks Spend in Droves, Afraid of Losing Savings to a Bailout
MAROUSI, Greece — Business has been so brisk in the giant Kotsovolos appliance and electronics store in this upper-middle-class suburb of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Wolves Fans Come Out In Droves For Scrimmage
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The line to watch a Minnesota Timberwolves summer scrimmage stretched for blocks from Target Center through ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
3
Art event draws them in droves
Ron Curran, with portrait piece by Verity Nunan, with Liz Friend and Faith Avidor. Photo Jeff Dawson. The Dynamic Drawing exhibition/art event ... «Echonetdaily, Jul 15»
4
Herman rallying UH athletics donors in droves
University of Houston new head football coach, Tom Herman poses for a portrait on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 at the University of Houston in ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
The tiny village library that draws Beijingers in droves
The tiny village library that draws Beijingers in droves. inShare0. Follow · Alexander Walter 8 hours 0 2. Since the Liyuan Library has become more than just a ... «Archinect, Jul 15»
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Parents turn out in their droves for meeting on Carisbrooke (live)
Parents turn out in their droves for meeting on Carisbrooke (live). Follow the live coverage of the meeting being held for parents at Carisbrooke ... «On The Wight, Jul 15»
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PICTURES: Stansted families turn out in droves for Music in the Park
The sun shone in Stansted Mountfitchet on Saturday (July 4) and families turned out in force to celebrate the village's 14th annual music festival ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
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Tuning in to watch in droves
A generation of American women who grew up playing sports because of Title IX now makes up the television audience that advertisers covet. «Marquette Mining Journal, Jul 15»
9
Why are Arizona teachers leaving in droves?
Viewpoints: A record number of teachers are leaving the classroom, and that's hurting our students. Loading… Post to Facebook. Why are ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
10
Teens are abandoning TV in droves
People have been talking about cord-cutting for a few years now, but it's finally starting to happen, and teenagers are leading the way. TV is still ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»

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