A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures, A number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a body; cattle driven in a herd_ by extension, a collection or crowd of other animals, or of human beings, in motion, a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together, verb_ Simple past of drive, To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel, To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover, imperative_ of drive