Hunger drove him to steal.
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Drove
//dɹəʊv//
Synonyms for "drove" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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More general
3 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
61 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- стадо noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- тълпа noun (large number of people on the move)
- черда noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
Dutch
1 entries- kudde noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
Finnish
3 entries- karjapolku noun (road or track along which cattle are habitually driven — see also droveway)
- kasteluoja noun (narrow drain for irrigation)
- lauma noun (group of hares)
French
4 entries- foule noun (large number of people on the move)
- horde noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- manade noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- troupeau noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
German
2 entries- Herde noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- Schar noun (large number of people on the move)
Italian
4 entries- armento noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- attraversamento noun (road or track along which cattle are habitually driven — see also droveway)
- branco noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- calca noun (large number of people on the move)
Māori
3 entries- whiunga noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- whiu verb (to herd cattle, to move cattle over a long distance)
- whiuwhiu kararehe verb (to herd cattle, to move cattle over a long distance)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سوری noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- سوری noun (large number of people on the move)
Polish
4 entries- droga pasterska noun (road or track along which cattle are habitually driven — see also droveway)
- dłuto kamieniarskie noun (broad chisel for stoneworking)
- stado noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- stado noun (group of hares)
Russian
3 entries- гурт noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- ста́до noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- толпа́ noun (large number of people on the move)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- stado noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
Spanish
4 entries- arreo noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- cañada noun (road or track along which cattle are habitually driven — see also droveway)
- legión noun (large number of people on the move)
- manada noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
Swedish
2 entries- boskapsled noun (road or track along which cattle are habitually driven — see also droveway)
- fägata noun (road or track along which cattle are habitually driven — see also droveway)
Turkish
2 entries- sürü noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- sürü noun (large number of people on the move)
Ukrainian
2 entries- стадо noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- табун noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
Welsh
4 entries- diadell noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- gyr noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- haid noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
- praidd noun (number of cattle driven to market or new pastures)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
We turned left at the corner and drove north.
Source: tatoeba (23065)
We turned a corner and drove north.
Source: tatoeba (23066)
We drove to Hakone last Sunday.
Source: tatoeba (29099)
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