A drove is a large group of animals or people moving together. It usually means many individuals are traveling as one group.
A drove of cows moved slowly home.
A drove of people waited at the gate.
Drove is the past form of drive. It means you controlled a car or other vehicle in the past.
She drove the car to school today.
He drove his bike to the park.
To drive something means to push or move it using force. It can be cause something to move forward.
The wind drove the leaves across the road.
She drove the nail into the wood.
In this use, drove means to make someone do something, often by strong feeling or force.
Fear drove him to leave quickly.
The cold drove the birds south.
In hunting, a drove is a group of animals moved or chased by hunters. It is similar to a herd but used in hunting contexts.
The drove of deer moved through the forest.
Hunters followed the drove carefully ahead.
Drove can mean to control equipment or machines, making them work or move.
He drove the machine all day long.
She drove the tractor on the farm.
Sometimes a drove means a group journey or event using cars to reach a goal, like raising money or help.
They joined a drove to raise money.
The charity drove was very successful.
