Definition of "drove" []

• Past tense of drive. (verb)
• A flock or herd being driven in a body. (noun)
• A large mass of people moving or acting as a body. (noun)
• A large body of like things. See Synonyms at flock1. (noun)
• A stonemason's broad-edged chisel used for rough hewing. (noun)

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• "Not a big fan of this theory personally, but the term drove home the idea of ideas as money changing hands."
• "The cost was a constant worry and issues related to military pay and the number of legions and where they could settle after their term drove a lot of the internal conflict."
• "And we drove from the Vaucluse all the way to Croatia."