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grove

noun
/ɡɹəʊv/UK/ɡɹoʊv/US

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.

  1. derived from *graibaz✻
  2. derived from *graib✻
  3. derived from grāf
  4. derived from grove

Definitions

  1. A small forest.

    • Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.

  2. A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

    • Near-synonym: woodland

  3. An orchard of fruit trees.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. A place of worship.

    2. A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.

    3. To cultivate in groves

      To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.

      • The trees and shrubs are not arranged after any particular system, but are scattered or groved together in various parts of the garden.

    4. To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of…

      To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.

    5. To plough or gouge with lines.

      • 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.

    6. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.

    7. Any of several villages in England.

    8. A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).

    9. A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

    10. A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

    11. A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.

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Derived

Arnos Grove, ash grove, Beech Grove, Boxgrove, Buffalo Grove, Calder Grove, Cherry Grove, Clifton Grove, Coconut Grove, Cottage Grove, Council Grove, Downers Grove, Elk Grove, Elk Grove Village, Forest Grove, Green Grove, Grove Hill, Groveland, groveless, Grove Park, Grover, grove snail, grovy, Hazel Grove, Hunts Grove, Ida Grove, Inver Grove Heights, Ladbroke Grove, Liberty Grove, London Grove, Oak Grove, Ocean Grove, olive grove, orange grove, Palm Grove, Parish Grove, Pleasant Grove, Rich Grove, Richland Grove, Rose Grove · +5 more

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA