Drove

imp.	1.	of Drive.
n.	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.
	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.
	5.	(Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
	6.	(Masonry) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; - called also drove chisel.
v. t. & i.	1.	To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover. [imp. & p. p. Droved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Droving .] He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh. - Paterson.
	2.	To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.

Noun	1.	drove - a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
	2.	drove - a moving crowd Synonyms: swarm, horde
	3.	drove - a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone Synonyms: drove chisel

army, bunch, cage, colony, corral, crush, drift, drive, gam, gang, goad, herd, horde, host, kennel, lash, litter, multitude, pack, pod, press, prick, pride, punch cattle, push, ride herd on, round up, run, school, shepherd, shoal, skulk, sloth, spur, squash, throng, trip, troop, whip, wrangle

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