grove
IPA: grˈoʊv
noun
- A small forest.
- An orchard of fruit trees.
- (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship.
- A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.
- A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
- Any of several villages in England.
- A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).
verb
- To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.
- (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.
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Examples of "grove" in Sentences
- Most of the groves are in the west.
- This grove is the largest contiguous grove in the world.
- Monona was originally part of the Town of Blooming Grove.
- Parents relaxed under the trees in the expansive picnic grove.
- The pulsating gelatinous ooze is a resident of an arachnid grove.
- Cutting of trees or defacing the grove is considered as sacrilege.
- The unincorporated community of Hope is located in Blooming Grove.
- The mythical metamorphoses of the trees in the grove are described.
- The Village of Washingtonville is within the Town of Blooming Grove.
- A grove of pecan trees now stands on the approximate location of the fort.
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