Grove Definition

grōv
groves
noun
groves
A small wood or group of trees without undergrowth.
Webster's New World
A group of trees planted and cultivated to bear fruit, nuts, etc.; orchard.
Webster's New World
(Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship.
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pronoun

A habitational surname​ for someone who lived near a grove.

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Other Word Forms of Grove

Noun

Singular:
grove
Plural:
groves

Origin of Grove

  • Middle English from Old English grāf

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English grāf.

    From Wiktionary

Grove Sentence Examples

  • The grove is situate about 3 m.

  • The final leg of the journey was a long dirt road that climbed first through a grove of fir followed by an unbroken forest of hard­wood just beginning to bud.

  • Close to the mouth of the river was the sacred grove of the Italic goddess Marica.

  • She had a sanctuary in a sacred grove (perhaps on the Esquiline), where, by an ordinance of Servius Tullius, a piece of money (lucar Libitinae) was deposited whenever a death took place.

  • The Michigan school for the deaf, established in 1854, and the Oak Grove hospital (private) for the treatment of mental and nervous diseases, are here.

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