how to pronounce drove

/ˈdɹoʊv/

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drove is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of drove in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… full of when I drove by so that's our …”

meanings of drove

noun:

A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
A group of hares.

verb:

Simple past tense of drive.

drove frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word drove occurs in english on average 41 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics drove can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that drove can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;