Dictionary

grove en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɡɹəʊv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /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.

Meanings

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. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160:
2. A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
   • Near-synonym: woodland
3. An orchard of fruit trees.
4. A place of worship.
5. A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.

Forms

Coordinates

glade · clearing · woodlot

Deriveds

London Grove · Hazel Grove · South Grove · olive grove · undergrove · Ocean Grove · Forest Grove · Elk Grove Village · Green Grove · Rich Grove · Rose Grove · Grove Park · Arnos Grove · Calder Grove · Grove Hill · Elk Grove · Council Grove · grovy · Ladbroke Grove · Villa Grove · Cherry Grove · Oak Grove · Richland Grove · Downers Grove · Ida Grove · grove snail · Lake Grove · ash grove · Webster Groves · groveless · Palm Grove · Clifton Grove · orange grove · Cedar Grove · Cottage Grove · Hunts Grove · Grover · Boxgrove · Groveland · Coconut Grove · Beech Grove · Willow Grove · Buffalo Grove · Pleasant Grove · Squaw Grove · Liberty Grove · Parish Grove · Inver Grove Heights · Prairie Grove

Relateds

firth · thicket · wald · woods · nemoricole · spinney · shaw · holt · hurst · wood · mangrove · tree · wold · copse

Synonyms

woodland

Translations (111)

ia boschetto (small forest) · eo arbetaro (small forest) · ru ро́ща (small forest) · eo bosko (small forest) · sh луг (small forest) · mi aropā (small forest) · ast sotu (small forest) · oc bosquilh (small forest) · mk ки́чер (small forest) · hy պուրակ (small forest) · gl souto (small forest) · mk ко́рија (small forest) · oc bosquilhon (small forest) · cy llwyn (small forest) · sh šumica (small forest) · sh гај (small forest) · gl quintá (small forest) · lv birztala (poeticism) (small forest) · ro pădurice (small forest) · mk шу́мичка (small forest) · orv гаи (small forest) · de Gehölz (small forest) · el άλσος (small forest) · mk лаг (small forest) · bg горичка (small forest) · pl gaj (small forest) · ro dumbravă (small forest) · izh lehto (small forest) · he חֹרֶשׁ (small forest) · ja 木立 (small forest) · ro crâng (small forest) · mi uru (small forest) · fr bosquet (small forest) · cmn 小樹林 /小树林 (small forest) · ro arboret (small forest) · grc ἄλσος (small forest) · sk lesík (small forest) · de Wäldchen (small forest) · be лясо́к (small forest) · la lūcus (small forest) · orv лѣсъкъ (small forest) · ast mata (small forest) · ta தோப்பு (small forest) · sh lug (small forest) · hi झाड़ी (small forest) · ta சோலை (small forest) · sv lund (small forest) · ja 林 (small forest) · nl bosje (small forest) · cs lesík (small forest) · km ច្បារ (small forest) · pt bosque (small forest) · mh bukun (small forest) · orv роща (small forest) · gl bravádego (small forest) · lt gojus (small forest) · la nemus (small forest) · sl gaj (small forest) · nl loo (small forest) · sv dunge (small forest) · ru лесо́к (small forest) · pt bosquete (small forest) · fi metsikkö (small forest) · mk за́бел (small forest) · ru гай (small forest) · be гай (small forest) · nb lund (small forest) · az ağaclıq (small forest) · lv birzs (small forest) · cmn 林子 (small forest) · cs háj (small forest) · ast viesca (small forest) · mk ки́тка (small forest) · cy celli (small forest) · uk гай (small forest) · mk го́ричка (small forest) · it boschetto (small forest) · sh šumarak (small forest) · gl touza (small forest) · el σύδεντρο (small forest) · mi urupuia (small forest) · mk шу́мјак (small forest) · ca arbreda (small forest) · sk háj (small forest) · hu liget (small forest) · fo lund (small forest) · mi hāpua (small forest) · it piantagione (small forest) · oc bosquet (small forest) · nn lund (small forest) · oc boscaton (small forest) · es arboleda (small forest) · de Hain (small forest) · ast viescu (small forest) · is lundur (small forest) · ro tufiș (small forest) · nl horst (small forest) · hu berek (small forest) · pl lasek (small forest) · sh шумарак (small forest) · ka კორომი (small forest) · sv skogsdunge (small forest) · hu pagony (small forest) · cy prysg (small forest) · tr koru (small forest) · uk лісо́к (small forest) · sh gaj (small forest) · da lund (small forest) · gl frondía (small forest) · oc boscata (small forest) · sh шумица (small forest)

grove en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɡɹəʊv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /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.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • The trees and shrubs are not arranged after any particular system, but are scattered or groved together in various parts of the garden. 1822, Robert Chapman, The Topographical Picture of Glasgow in its Ancient and Modern State, 3rd edition, page 195:
   • It is called "Orchard Lake," from the fact, that near the centre is an island embracing an area of about fifty acres of land, well groved with different kinds of shrubbery; and near the centre of this island stand a number of aged apple-trees, planted, perhaps, a century since by the hand of some Indian. 1841, Sapp R, “Orchard Lake”, in L. L. Hamline, editor, The Ladies Repository, Volume 1, page 165:
2. (of trees) To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
   • In Herefordshire, especially on the northern and eastern sides, Oak timber abounds; and in many of the woods it is usual to have felling at periods varying from sixteen to twenty years; the straightest and handsomest are left for timber, or, as it is called, groved; and they are from time to time thinned, and a regular distance kept between them. The effect produced on these groved trees is, that from being exposed to air and sun, the rapidity of their growth is increased in bulk, height, and quality; and in sixty or eighty years they become valuable timber. 1842 February 5, The Gardeners Chronicle, page 86:
3. 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. 1841, New York State Assembly, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, volume 2, page 14:
   • 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 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.

Forms

Synonyms

groove (gouge with lines)