DROVES Synonyms

• a large number of things or people considered together

• an informal body of friends

• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

• fill or occupy to the point of overflowing

• to gather together in large numbers

• approach a certain age or speed

• a church congregation guided by a pastor

• a group of birds

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• an orderly crowd

• a group of sheep or goats

• move as a crowd or in a group

• come together as in a cluster or flock

• a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

• a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra

• a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

• move together, like a herd

• keep, move, or drive animals

• a vast multitude

• a nomadic community

• a moving crowd

• a large indefinite quantity

• a large gathering of people

• the common people generally

• a large indefinite quantity

• a complete collection of similar things

• a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

• an association of criminals

• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

• a group of hunting animals

• a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

• a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

• a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

• arrange in a container

• fill to capacity

• compress into a wad

• carry, as on one's back

• set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• press tightly together or cram

• hike with a backpack

• press down tightly

• seal with packing

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• load with a pack

• treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood

• a moving crowd

• a group of many things in the air or on the ground

• be teeming, be abuzz

• move in large numbers

• a large gathering of people

• press tightly together or cram

• a vast multitude

• a nomadic community

• a moving crowd

• a moving crowd

• a group of many things in the air or on the ground

• be teeming, be abuzz

• move in large numbers

• a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone