dreve

Alternative forms

• drove

Etymology

From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English drēfan, *drōfian (“to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb, excite, make muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment”). Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven (“to be sad, grieve”), German trüben (“to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble”), Swedish bedröva (“to grieve, sadden, distress”). Related to droff.

Verb

dreve (third-person singular simple present dreves, present participle dreving, simple past and past participle dreved)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.

Anagrams

• Dever, Verde

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːvə

Verb

dreve

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of drijven

Anagrams

• veder, verde, vrede

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic древа (dreva).

Noun

dreve f pl (plural only)

1. sawdust

References

• dreve in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdreve]

Noun

dreve n

1. locative singular of drevo