drove
/dɹoʊv/ verb C2- To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
- To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
He/she/it droves · Past droved · Past participle droved · -ing form droving
Verb forms
- Base form
- drove
- He/she/it
- droves
- Past
- droved
- Past participle
- droved
- -ing form
- droving
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Matthew opened the yard gate for them and as they drove slowly through, he said, to nobody in particular as it seemed:
“The blundering fool,” Holmes said, bitterly, as we drove back to our lodgings.
But when one day he forgot himself and began to chatter, they discovered his true character and drove him forth, pecking him with their beaks.
A carriage awaited him at the door; he got in, followed by two soldiers and the magistrate, and the vehicle drove off towards Marseilles.
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