drove

verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); noun (a drove, droves)

«drove» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Drove is the past of drive: yesterday he drove the car. tree →
A drove is a group of animals, like cattle or sheep, moving together. tree →
«In droves» means in very large numbers. tree →

In the lessons

maths: travel already done, with miles or kilometers and hours (add the legs, or speed × time); history: drovers moved droves of cattle to market; everyday life: people came in droves to the fair

Examples

He drove 150 miles. tree →
She drove for 3 hours at 50 miles an hour. tree →
They drove to the lake and back. tree →
How far did they drive in all? tree →
Grandpa drove us to the zoo. tree →
People came in droves to see the parade. tree →
A drove of cattle crossed the road. tree →
One day, he drove to the forest. tree →

Note

Past travel: add the legs, or speed × time. Trap: «drove 40 miles more than yesterday» means today = yesterday + 40. «Drove» is the past; «driven» goes with has or had.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Here it is the past of "drive," meaning forced out or chased away, as when Caleb drove out the sons of Anak. The tradition reads the conquest as God's gift of the land, and the tribes that failed to drive out the Canaanites are seen as falling short. In the primary lessons: maths: travel already done, with miles or kilometers and hours (add the legs, or speed × time); history: drovers moved droves of cattle to market; everyday life: people came in droves to the fair

Examples

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. (Torah GEN.15.11, JPS 1917) tree →
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. (Torah EXO.2.17, JPS 1917) tree →
And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. (Torah NUM.21.32, JPS 1917) tree →
A Psalm of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. (Writings PSA.34.1, JPS 1917) tree →
And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. (Prophets JOS.15.14, JPS 1917) tree →
And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. (Prophets JDG.1.29, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Past travel: add the legs, or speed × time. Trap: «drove 40 miles more than yesterday» means today = yesterday + 40. «Drove» is the past; «driven» goes with has or had.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «drove» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«drove» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «drove» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«drove» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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