Definition of GROVE

grove

Meanings

Plural: groves

Noun

  • a small growth of trees without underbrush
  • garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
  • A small forest.
  • A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
  • An orchard of fruit trees.
  • A place of worship.
  • A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.

Verb

  • To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.
  • 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.

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 9

grove is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
grove is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grove is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

grove is a valid Words With Friends word