dreave
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.
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[edit]Verb
[edit]dreave (third-person singular simple present dreaves, present participle dreaving, simple past and past participle dreft or dreaved)
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive; drive out; drive away; expel.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English draf, from Old English drāf (“a drove, herd”). More at drove.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dreave (plural dreaves)
- (UK dialectal) A drove.
- (UK dialectal) A crowd or throng of people.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The yearly herring fishing.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A shoal of fish; a catch.
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