droving
present participle ofdrove
drove
verb
uk/drəʊv/us/droʊv/past simple ofdrive
On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
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- backsomeoneup
- behind the wheelidiom
- bike
- biting point
- boxed in
- branch off
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- DWI
- jam
- pullsomeoneup shortidiom
- run away withsomeone
- satnav
- self-driving
- snow chains
- steer
- steerable
- ton
- undertake
- undertaking
drove
verb[T]
geographyUKspecializeduk/drəʊv/us/droʊv/drovetomovefarmanimalsonfootfrom oneplaceto another
Animal farming - general words
- animal husbandry
- aquaculture
- aquaponics
- bedding
- beekeeping
- dip
- draft
- drove
- grazing
- hand-rear
- hand-reared
- heeler
- herd
- pen
- shearing
- sheep shearing
- sheepdog
- shepherd
- stable
- subtherapeutic
Examplesofdroving
droving
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This may meandrovingthem very slowly a great distance after a great many telephone calls, and that is something which takes time.
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I started my working life at the age of eight,drovingsheep from the mart to the railway station and was paid small sums for doing so.
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While the layperson uses the term herding, most individuals involved in the process term it mustering, working stock ordroving.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are past associations with cattledrovingand fairs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The local limestone quarries provided employment after thedrovingtrade died out towards the end of the 19th century.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Around 20 droves took place between 1931 and 1959 when the finaldrovingrun was completed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Traditionaldrovingcould not have been done without horses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Commercialdrovingbegan in 1910, but the stock route did not prove popular and was rarely used for the next twenty years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Drovingor herding, the movement of animals over ground, is still used in more remote or local areas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There was however, somedrovingtraffic which was frowned upon by the drainage authorities, whose embankments it tended to erode.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Particularly for cattledroving, the shorter route was advantageous when passable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the time it was considered a remarkable feat ofdrovingand took 18 months to complete.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The "remarkable feat ofdroving" took 18 months to complete.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Horses were required for travel, and for cattle and sheepdrovingas the pastoral industry grew.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes quiet coaxers (coachers) are used to assist in the mustering anddrovingof wild or feral livestock.
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