drove
part of speech
verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); noun (a drove, droves)
meaning for a pupil
1) Drove is the past of drive: yesterday he drove the car. tree →
2) A drove is a group of animals, like cattle or sheep, moving together. tree →
3) «In droves» means in very large numbers. tree →
sense in the lessons
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 →
- 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 the corpora
- And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
- And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
- And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «drove» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.