ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dreave

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Dreave is a verb meaning (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive; drive out; drive away; expel.

Meaning

(transitive, UK dialectal) To drive; drive out; drive away; expel.

More Meanings

  1. (UK dialectal) A drove.
  2. (UK dialectal) A crowd or throng of people.
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The yearly herring fishing.
  4. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A shoal of fish; a catch.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fordrive, reave, drive, outdrive, depulse, extrude.

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