different between drove vs pod

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d???v/
  • Rhymes: -??v
• (General American) IPA: /d?o?v/
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) IPA^(key): /d??o?v/ (Used in some regions of the US, particularly the Midwest)

Etymology 1

From Middle English drove, drof, draf, from Old English dr?f (“action of driving; a driving out, expulsion; drove, herd, band; company, band; road along which cattle are driven”), from Proto-Germanic *draib? (“a drive, push, movement, drove”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?reyb?- (“to drive, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“to support”). Cognate with Scots drave, dreef (“drove, crowd”), Dutch dreef (“a walkway, wide road with trees, drove”), Middle High German treip (“a drove”), Swedish drev (“a drive, drove”), Icelandic dreif (“a scattering, distribution”). More at drive.

Noun

drove (plural droves)

1. A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
2. (usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
3. (collective) A group of hares.
4. A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
5. A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
6. A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
7. The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.

Derived terms

• in droves

Translations

Etymology 2

From earlier drave, from Middle English drave, draf, from Old English dr?f, first and third person singular indicative preterite of dr?fan (“to drive”).

Verb

drove

1. simple past tense of drive

drove (third-person singular simple present droves, present participle droving, simple past and past participle droved)

1. To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
2. (transitive) To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Devor, Dover, Dovre, Voder, roved, vedro, vored

Middle English

Adjective

drove

1. Alternative form of drof

English

Etymology

From Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), possibly from Old English p?d (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paid? (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh?- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old Saxon p?da (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic ???????????????????? (paida, “mantle, skirt”), Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”), Ancient Greek ????? (baít?, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?d/
• Rhymes: -?d
• Homophone: pawed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

pod (plural pods)

1. (botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

   Synonyms: capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, seedpod, vessel

2. A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.
3. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bag; a pouch.
4. (collective, zoology) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.

   Synonym: gam

5. A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
6. A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
7. A nicotine cartridge.
8. A lie-flat business or first class seat.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• like two peas in a pod

Translations

Verb

pod (third-person singular simple present pods, present participle podding, simple past and past participle podded)

1. (intransitive) To bear or produce pods
2. (transitive) To remove peas from their case.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To put into a pod or to enter a pod.
4. (intransitive) To swell or fill.

Translations

Anagrams

• DOP, DPO, ODP, PDO, dop

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pod

Adverb

pod

1. (focus) also; too
2. (after a negative) either

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pod?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pot/

Preposition

pod + instrumental

1. below

   Synonym: pode

   Antonym: nad

Further reading

• pod in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pod in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

pod

1. Superseded spelling of pód.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pod?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?pó + *d?h?-o-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (isolated) /p?t/
• Homophone: pot

Preposition

pod

1. (+ instrumental) below, beneath, under, underneath (denotes location)

2. (+ accusative) below, beneath, under, underneath (denotes movement)
3. (+ accusative) against

4. (+ instrumental) near

Related terms

• pode

Further reading

• pod in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pod in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pod?.

Noun

pod n (plural poduri)

1. bridge
2. attic

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• mansard?
• punte

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pod?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôd/

Noun

p?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. floor

2. ground

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pod?.

Alternative forms

• poda (enclitic pronominal form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôd/

Preposition

p?d (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (+ accusative case) under, beneath (with change of position, answering the question kùda)

   Antonyms: ?znad, n?d

2. (+ instrumental case) under, beneath (stationary, answering the question gdj?/gd?)

   Antonyms: ?znad, n?d

3. (+ instrumental case) under, beneath (being in a particular condition)

4. (+ accusative case) near, toward, in (temporal, with nouns denoting a final temporal segment)

5. (+ instrumental case) during (temporal)

6. (+ accusative case) as, instead of, in lieu of

7. miscellaneous idiomatic meanings

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?t/

Preposition

pod + instrumental

1. below

   Synonym: podo

   Antonym: nad

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??t/

Noun

p?d m inan

1. floor (lower part of a room)

   Synonym: tla

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• spodaj

Volapük

Noun

pod (nominative plural pods)

1. apple

Declension