grove

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊv/ (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊv/ Rhymes: -əʊv === Noun === grove (plural groves) A small forest. Coordinate term: woodlot A small forest with minimal undergrowth. Coordinate terms: glade, clearing Near-synonym: woodland An orchard of fruit trees. (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship. A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== thicket copse spinney === Verb === grove (third-person singular simple present groves, present participle groving, simple past and past participle groved) To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves. 1984, Queensland Botany Bulletin, Issue 3, Department of Primary Industries, page 82, Virtually recognizable groving occurs in some A. aneura associations in the west. Further east some diffuse groving may occur, but is difficult to recognize without the benefit of aerial photographs. (forestry, of trees) To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting. To plough or gouge with lines. 1823, Instinct, in "Sholto and Reuben Percy" (Thomas Byerley), The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 9: Instinct—Ingenuity, page 138, Very frequently, however, to shorten the distance to the upper nurseries, where they[the ants] 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (gouge with lines): groove === References === === Anagrams === Gover == Danish == === Adjective === grove definite of grov plural of grov == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === grove inflection of grof: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive == Middle English == === Alternative forms === grave, grof === Etymology === Inherited from Old English grāf, grāfa. === Pronunciation === (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑːv(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔːv(ə)/ === Noun === grove (plural groves) grove (small forest) ==== Descendants ==== English: grove Scots: grave (obsolete) ==== References ==== “grōve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 October 2018. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === grove definite singular of grov plural of grov == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === grove definite singular of grov plural of grov == Swedish == === Adjective === grove definite natural masculine singular of grov