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grove

(grōv)

1. A small wood or stand of trees lacking dense undergrowth.

2. A group of trees planted and cultivated for the production of fruit or nuts: an orange grove.

[Middle English, from Old English grāf.]

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grove

(ɡrəʊv)

1. (Forestry) a small wooded area or plantation

a. a road lined with houses and often trees, esp in a suburban area

b. (capital as part of a street name): Ladbroke Grove.

[Old English grāf; related to grǣfa thicket, greave, Norwegian greivla to intertwine]

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grove

(groʊv)

n.

1. a small wood or forested area, usu. with no undergrowth.

2. a small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, esp. citrus trees.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English grāf]

groved, adj.

grove′less, adj.

Grove

a small wood or group of trees for providing shade, forming avenues, etc. See also bosk.

Examples: grove of bayonets, 1889; of ears of wheat, 1667; of fruit trees, 1838; of their own kindred, 1793; of Athenian literature, 1849; of olives, 1667; of majestic palms, 1856; of spears, 1667; of trees.

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Noun	1.	grove - a small growth of trees without underbrush forest, woods, wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
	2.	grove - garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth orchard, woodlet, plantation apple orchard - a grove of apple trees garden - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated lemon grove - a grove of lemon trees orange grove - grove of orange trees peach orchard - a grove of peach trees

grove

noun wood, woodland, plantation, covert, thicket, copse, brake, coppice, spinney open fields and groves of trees

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Translations

lund

lehto

boschetto

林

луг

lund

гай

grove

[grəʊv] N → arboleda f, bosquecillo m
grove of pines → pineda f
grove of poplars → alameda f

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grove

[ˈgrəʊv] n [trees] → bosquet m olive grove

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

grove

n → Hain m, → Wäldchen nt

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grove

[grəʊv] n → boschetto

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Sancho was about to reply to his master, but the Knight of the Grove's voice, which was neither very bad nor very good, stopped him, and listening attentively the pair heard him sing this

With an "Ah me!" that seemed to be drawn from the inmost recesses of his heart, the Knight of the Grove brought his lay to an end, and shortly afterwards exclaimed in a melancholy and piteous voice, "O fairest and most ungrateful woman on earth!

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After observing these lively indications for a while, I was attracted to a neighbouring grove by a prodigious squeaking which I heard there.

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The very first subject after being seated was Maple Grove, "My brother Mr.

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Pomfret, that Hetty required no more presence of mind than was demanded for using her needle, and throwing in an occasional "yes" or "no." She would have wanted to put on her hat earlier than usual; only she had told Captain Donnithorne that she usually set out about eight o'clock, and if he SHOULD go to the Grove again expecting to see her, and she should be gone!

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It was now a pleasant evening in the latter end of June, when our heroe was walking in a most delicious grove, where the gentle breezes fanning the leaves, together with the sweet trilling of a murmuring stream, and the melodious notes of nightingales, formed altogether the most enchanting harmony.

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I followed them from the court towards the oak grove. Larsan joined me.

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229-238) And further still you went, O far-shooting Apollo, and came to Onchestus, Poseidon's bright grove: there the new- broken cold distressed with drawing the trim chariot gets spirit again, and the skilled driver springs from his car and goes on his way.

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At Startop's suggestion, we put ourselves down for election into a club called The Finches of the Grove: the object of which institution I have never divined, if it were not that the members should dine expensively once a fortnight, to quarrel among themselves as much as possible after dinner, and to cause six waiters to get drunk on the stairs.

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"Now, from what you tell me, the negro had just come from the direction of Diana's Grove, carrying the dead snakes which the mongoose had killed the previous morning.

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This is the Valiant Soldier, by James Groves-- Jem Groves--honest Jem Groves, as is a man of unblemished moral character, and has a good dry skittle-ground.

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Again, for miles along the shores, handsome country seats, surrounded by gardens and groves, sit fairly in the water, sometimes in nooks carved by Nature out of the vine-hung precipices, and with no ingress or egress save by boats.