grove
part of speech
noun (a grove, groves)
meaning for a pupil
1) A small group of trees, or a small wood. tree →
2) An orchard of fruit trees, such as an orange grove or olive grove. tree →
3) Used in street names: Elm Grove. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and poems a grove is a quiet, shady, sometimes magical place; in geography, farming of olives and oranges. Phrases: olive grove, orange grove, a shady grove.
examples
- We had a picnic in a shady grove of oak trees. tree →
- Olive groves cover the hills in Greece. tree →
- They picked oranges in the orange grove. tree →
- The elves lived in a secret grove. tree →
- My cousin lives on Maple Grove. tree →
- Birds sang in the grove all morning. tree →
- It is like entering a grove of chestnut and walnut-trees. tree →
note
Plural groves. A grove is smaller than a wood or a forest. Do not confuse with groove (a long cut) or with grovel.
Trees and pragmatics
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