"dreave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dreaves [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English draf, from Old English drāf (“a drove, herd”). More at drove. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|draf}} Middle English draf, {{inh|en|ang|drāf||a drove, herd}} Old English drāf (“a drove, herd”), {{l|en|drove}} drove Head templates: {{en-noun}} dreave (plural dreaves)
  1. (UK dialectal) A drove. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dreave-en-noun-wxKrl0JS Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK dialectal) A crowd or throng of people. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dreave-en-noun-MIcpiFx4 Categories (other): British English
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The yearly herring fishing. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dreave-en-noun-VxdOyYtd Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  4. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A shoal of fish; a catch. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dreave-en-noun-LCBeFy5V Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drave, draif, dreef
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: dreaves [present, singular, third-person], dreaving [participle, present], dreft [participle, past], dreft [past], dreaved [participle, past], dreaved [past]
Etymology: From Middle English dreven, from Old English drǣfan (“to drive, drive out, expel”), from Proto-Germanic *draibijaną (“to cause to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Icelandic dreifa (“to spread out, disperse”). More at drive. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dreven}} Middle English dreven, {{inh|en|ang|drǣfan||to drive, drive out, expel}} Old English drǣfan (“to drive, drive out, expel”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*draibijaną||to cause to drive}} Proto-Germanic *draibijaną (“to cause to drive”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰreybʰ-||to drive, push}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”), {{cog|is|dreifa||to spread out, disperse}} Icelandic dreifa (“to spread out, disperse”), {{l|en|drive}} drive Head templates: {{en-verb|dreaves|dreaving|dreft|past2=dreaved}} dreave (third-person singular simple present dreaves, present participle dreaving, simple past and past participle dreft or dreaved)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive; drive out; drive away; expel. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive Synonyms: dreve
    Sense id: en-dreave-en-verb-b-uw9bDP Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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