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drove

drove

31 3.5
A large group of animals or people moving together
  • noun
  • /droʊv/
: manada
  • Young people were leaving in droves.
  • leaving in droves

And the GOP media is turning on Trump by the droves, but it's, for the most part people who didn't like him to begin with.

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Examples

  • And you see in Mexico that they are just coming in droves to the Texas border, thousands per day.

    Bedros Keuilian

  • Democrats are turning out in droves, but independents are less friendly to Obama this time around.

    Blog text (2)

  • Our guys have been coming down in droves all night.

    Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

  • The media is gonna come after her in droves when they hear about this.

    In Her Line of Fire (2006)

  • People are turning away from the church in droves.

    The First Omen (2024)

  • We'll put an ad in the paper, and people will come out in droves.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Parents often show up in droves to see young children perform in elementary Parent-Teacher Association programs.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Storm victims from other parts of the city are arriving in droves at a shelter in Washington Heights.

    Blog text (13)

  • Panic swept the countryside, and families abandoned their rural homesteads in droves to seek safety in town.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Tourists arrived at the festival in droves, eager to join the celebrations.

Synonyms

drive
vsdrove
133 3.5

An organized effort to reach a goal or the movement of animals together

is specifically about a group moving together, not an organized campaign
horde
vsdrove
68 3.4

A large moving group of people or animals that seems hard to control and overwhelming

is a neutral group moving together without implying disorder
swarm
vsdrove
42 3.4

A large group of insects or people moving together without control

is a neutral moving group rather than a busy or chaotic mass

Compounds

drove chisel
  • Specialized
9.8

A tool with a broad flat metal blade for smoothing or shaping stone surfaces

How Large

throng
28 5.9
crowd
∞ 1.0
drove
31 3.5
herd
142 1.0
flock
82 1.0
to group
38 1.2

Surface Forms

drove singular
droves plural

Etymology

The word drove for a large group of animals comes from the verb drive, which meant 'to push or move', so a drove is a herd that has been driven together along a road.