grove

CEFRB2

/ɡɹəʊv/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small group of trees.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An orchard of fruit trees.

Examples

  • It was so peaceful in the grove of trees.

  • Might it happen to be a large symbolic grove of trees?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ɡɹoʊv/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A small forest.

  2. A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

  3. A place of worship.

More examples

In context

  • 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 p...

  • 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 bene...

  • Near-synonym: woodland

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.