"grove" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹəʊv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹoʊv/ [US] Audio: en-us-grove.ogg [US] Forms: groves [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊv Etymology: From Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”). Related to Old English grǣf, grǣfe (“brushwood; thicket; copse”), Old English grǣfa (“thicket”), dialectal Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), dialectal Norwegian grivla (“to branch, branch out”), Old Norse grein (“twig, branch, limb”). More at greave. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|grove}} Middle English grove, {{m|enm|grave}} grave, {{inh|en|ang|grāf}} Old English grāf, {{m|ang|grāfa|t=grove; copse}} grāfa (“grove; copse”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*graib}} Proto-West Germanic *graib, {{m|gmw-pro|*graibō|t=branch, group of branches, thicket}} *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*graibaz}} Proto-Germanic *graibaz, {{m|gem-pro|*graibô|t=branch, fork}} *graibô (“branch, fork”), {{cog|ang|grǣf}} Old English grǣf, {{m|ang|grǣfe|t=brushwood; thicket; copse}} grǣfe (“brushwood; thicket; copse”), {{cog|ang|grǣfa|t=thicket}} Old English grǣfa (“thicket”), {{cog|no|greive|t=ram with splayed horns}} Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), {{cog|no|greivlar|t=ramifications of an antler}} Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), {{cog|no|grivla|t=to branch, branch out}} Norwegian grivla (“to branch, branch out”), {{cog|non|grein|t=twig, branch, limb}} Old Norse grein (“twig, branch, limb”), {{l|en|greave}} greave Head templates: {{en-noun}} grove (plural groves)
  1. A small forest. Translations (small forest): ἄλσος (álsos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), պուրակ (purak) (Armenian), ağaclıq (Azerbaijani), гай (haj) [masculine] (Belarusian), лясо́к (ljasók) [masculine] (Belarusian), горичка (gorička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), arbreda [feminine] (Catalan), 林子 (línzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 小樹林 (Chinese Mandarin), 小树林 (xiǎoshùlín) (Chinese Mandarin), háj [masculine] (Czech), lesík [masculine] (Czech), lund [common-gender] (Danish), bosje [neuter] (Dutch), loo [neuter] (Dutch), horst [feminine] (Dutch), arbetaro (Esperanto), lund [feminine] (Faroese), metsikkö (Finnish), bosquet [masculine] (French), frondía [feminine] (Galician), touza [feminine] (Galician), quintá [feminine] (Galician), bravádego [masculine] (Galician), souto [masculine] (Galician), კორომი (ḳoromi) (Georgian), Hain [masculine] (German), Gehölz [neuter] (German), Wäldchen [neuter] (German), σύδεντρο (sýdentro) [neuter] (Greek), άλσος (álsos) [neuter] (Greek), חֹרֶשׁ (khóresh) [masculine] (Hebrew), liget (Hungarian), berek (Hungarian), pagony (Hungarian), lundur [masculine] (Icelandic), lehto (Ingrian), boschetto [masculine] (Interlingua), boschetto (Italian), piantagione (Italian), (hayashi) (alt: はやし) (Japanese), 木立 (kodachi) (alt: こだち) (Japanese), ច្បារ (cbaa) (Khmer), nemus [neuter] (Latin), lūcus (english: sacred) [masculine] (Latin), birzs [feminine] (Latvian), birztala (poeticism) [feminine] (Latvian), лаг (lag) [masculine] (Macedonian), шу́мјак (šúmjak) [masculine] (Macedonian), ко́рија (kórija) [feminine] (Macedonian), ки́чер (kíčer) [masculine] (Macedonian), ки́тка (kítka) [feminine] (Macedonian), шу́мичка (šúmička) [feminine] (Macedonian), го́ричка (górička) [feminine] (Macedonian), за́бел (zábel) [masculine] (Macedonian), uru (Maori), aropā (Maori), urupuia (Maori), hāpua (Maori), lund [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lund [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), boscaton [masculine] (Occitan), boscata [feminine] (Occitan), bosquet [masculine] (Occitan), bosquilhon [masculine] (Occitan), bosquilh [masculine] (Occitan), гаи (gai) (Old East Slavic), роща (rošča) (Old East Slavic), лѣсъкъ (lěsŭkŭ) (Old East Slavic), gaj [masculine] (Polish), lasek [masculine] (Polish), bosque [masculine] (Portuguese), bosquete [masculine] (Portuguese), pădurice [feminine] (Romanian), crâng [neuter] (Romanian), arboret [neuter] (Romanian), tufiș [neuter] (Romanian), dumbravă [feminine] (Romanian), ро́ща (róšča) [feminine] (Russian), лесо́к (lesók) [masculine] (Russian), луг [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), гај [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), шумица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), шумарак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lug [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gaj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šumica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), šumarak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), háj [masculine] (Slovak), lesík [masculine] (Slovak), gaj [masculine] (Slovene), arboleda [feminine] (Spanish), lund (Swedish), dunge (Swedish), skogsdunge [common-gender] (Swedish), தோப்பு (tōppu) (Tamil), சோலை (cōlai) (Tamil), koru (Turkish), гай (haj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), лісо́к (lisók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), celli [feminine] (Welsh), llwyn [masculine] (Welsh), prysg [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-grove-en-noun-nynj~BEl Disambiguation of 'small forest': 98 1 0 0
  2. An orchard of fruit trees. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-grove-en-noun-Efa7kRUC Disambiguation of Landforms: 1 28 34 22 5 5 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 35 38 17 1 4 4
  3. (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship. Categories (topical): Wicca, Places of worship, Wicca Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-grove-en-noun-hLC16oCW Disambiguation of Places of worship: 1 16 63 14 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Wicca: 1 16 58 12 3 5 5 Disambiguation of Landforms: 1 28 34 22 5 5 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 35 38 17 1 4 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 21 52 15 2 6 4 Topics: Wicca, lifestyle, religion
  4. A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-grove-en-noun-t~WXRUYY Disambiguation of Landforms: 1 28 34 22 5 5 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 35 38 17 1 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mangrove, thicket, copse, spinney

Verb

IPA: /ɡɹəʊv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹoʊv/ [US] Audio: en-us-grove.ogg [US] Forms: groves [present, singular, third-person], groving [participle, present], groved [participle, past], groved [past]
Rhymes: -əʊv Etymology: From Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”). Related to Old English grǣf, grǣfe (“brushwood; thicket; copse”), Old English grǣfa (“thicket”), dialectal Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), dialectal Norwegian grivla (“to branch, branch out”), Old Norse grein (“twig, branch, limb”). More at greave. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|grove}} Middle English grove, {{m|enm|grave}} grave, {{inh|en|ang|grāf}} Old English grāf, {{m|ang|grāfa|t=grove; copse}} grāfa (“grove; copse”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*graib}} Proto-West Germanic *graib, {{m|gmw-pro|*graibō|t=branch, group of branches, thicket}} *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*graibaz}} Proto-Germanic *graibaz, {{m|gem-pro|*graibô|t=branch, fork}} *graibô (“branch, fork”), {{cog|ang|grǣf}} Old English grǣf, {{m|ang|grǣfe|t=brushwood; thicket; copse}} grǣfe (“brushwood; thicket; copse”), {{cog|ang|grǣfa|t=thicket}} Old English grǣfa (“thicket”), {{cog|no|greive|t=ram with splayed horns}} Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), {{cog|no|greivlar|t=ramifications of an antler}} Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), {{cog|no|grivla|t=to branch, branch out}} Norwegian grivla (“to branch, branch out”), {{cog|non|grein|t=twig, branch, limb}} Old Norse grein (“twig, branch, limb”), {{l|en|greave}} greave Head templates: {{en-verb}} grove (third-person singular simple present groves, present participle groving, simple past and past participle groved)
  1. To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.
    Sense id: en-grove-en-verb-ODYr3j7k
  2. (forestry, of trees) To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting. Categories (topical): Forestry
    Sense id: en-grove-en-verb-3RDkhSJZ Topics: business, forestry
  3. To plough or gouge with lines. Synonyms (gouge with lines): groove
    Sense id: en-grove-en-verb-HRQGvhhi Disambiguation of 'gouge with lines': 3 16 81

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160",
          "text": "Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "purak",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "word": "պուրակ"
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          "word": "ağaclıq"
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          "roman": "haj",
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "ljasók",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gorička",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "small forest",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "línzi",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "word": "林子"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "word": "小樹林"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎoshùlín",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "word": "小树林"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "háj"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "word": "lesík"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lund"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small forest",
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          "word": "bosje"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "loo"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "horst"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "word": "arbetaro"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lund"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "word": "metsikkö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bosquet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frondía"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "touza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "quintá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bravádego"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small forest",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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      "word": "ash grove"
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      "word": "Beech Grove"
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      "word": "Buffalo Grove"
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      "word": "Calder Grove"
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      "word": "Cherry Grove"
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      "word": "Cottage Grove"
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      "word": "Council Grove"
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      "word": "Downers Grove"
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      "word": "Elk Grove"
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      "word": "Elk Grove Village"
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      "word": "Green Grove"
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      "word": "Grove Hill"
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      "word": "Grove Park"
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      "word": "grove snail"
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      "word": "grovy"
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      "word": "Hazel Grove"
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      "word": "Hunts Grove"
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      "word": "Ida Grove"
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      "word": "Inver Grove Heights"
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      "word": "Ladbroke Grove"
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      "word": "Liberty Grove"
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      "word": "Oak Grove"
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      "word": "olive grove"
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      "word": "orange grove"
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      "word": "Parish Grove"
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      "word": "Pleasant Grove"
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    {
      "word": "Rich Grove"
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      "word": "Richland Grove"
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      "word": "Rose Grove"
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      "word": "Villa Grove"
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      "word": "պուրակ"
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      "sense": "small forest",
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      "sense": "small forest",
      "word": "小树林"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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    "Grove"
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        {
          "ref": "1842 February 5, The Gardeners Chronicle, page 86",
          "text": "In Herefordshire, especially on the northern and eastern sides, Oak timber abounds; and in many of the woods it is usual to have felling at periods varying from sixteen to twenty years; the straightest and handsomest are left for timber, or, as it is called, groved; and they are from time to time thinned, and a regular distance kept between them. The effect produced on these groved trees is, that from being exposed to air and sun, the rapidity of their growth is increased in bulk, height, and quality; and in sixty or eighty years they become valuable timber.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forestry",
          "forestry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(forestry, of trees) To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of trees"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "forestry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1823, Instinct, in \"Sholto and Reuben Percy\" (Thomas Byerley), The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 9: Instinct—Ingenuity, page 138,\nVery frequently, however, to shorten the distance to the upper nurseries, where they have to take the eggs, they project an arch of about ten inches in length, and half an inch in breadth, groved or worked into steps, on its upper surface, to allow of a more easy passage."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1841, New York State Assembly, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, volume 2, page 14",
          "text": "The floor of first story and piazza to be laid with Georgia pine, in narrow courses planed, groved and tongued, and laid in the best manner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To plough or gouge with lines."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plough",
          "plough"
        ],
        [
          "gouge",
          "gouge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹəʊv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹoʊv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊv"
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-grove.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "gouge with lines",
      "word": "groove"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Grove"
  ],
  "word": "grove"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Druidism, Wicca",
  "path": [
    "grove"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "grove",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Druidism, Wicca",
  "path": [
    "grove"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "grove",
  "trace": ""
}

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