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drove

/dɹoʊv/ verb C2
  1. To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
  2. To finish (stone) with a drove chisel. (transitive)

He/she/it droves · Past droved · Past participle droved · -ing form droving

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Verb forms

Base form
drove
He/she/it
droves
Past
droved
Past participle
droved
-ing form
droving

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Through Newbridge, a bustling little village where dogs barked at them and small boys hooted and curious faces peered from the windows, they drove, still in silence.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 23 · C1
They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 29 · C1
Matthew opened the yard gate for them and as they drove slowly through, he said, to nobody in particular as it seemed:
Anne of Green Gables, p. 46 · C1
But I drove you to it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 103 · C1

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