WORDLE ENGLISH

grove

5 letters·English

grove—A small forest.

/ɡɹəʊv/, /ɡɹoʊv/

Origin

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.

noun

A small forest.
“Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.”
A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
“Near-synonym: woodland”
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.
“It is called "Orchard Lake," from the fact, that near the centre is an island embracing an area of about fifty acres of land, well groved with different kinds of shrubbery; and near the centre of this”
“The trees and shrubs are not arranged after any particular system, but are scattered or groved together in various parts of the garden.”
“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 grovin”
To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
“In Herefordshire, especially on the northern and eastern sides, Oak timber abounds; and in many of the woods it is usual to have felling at periods varying from sixteen to twenty years; the straightes”
To plough or gouge with lines.
“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 th”
“The floor of first story and piazza to be laid with Georgia pine, in narrow courses planed, groved and tongued, and laid in the best manner.”

name

A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).
A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972).
A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).
A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).
A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379).
A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).
A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).
A town in Allegany County, New York.
A city in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, listed under Grove Township.
A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.