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1. dreave (third-person singular simple present dreaves, present participle dreaving, simple past and past participle dreft or dreaved) (transitive, Britain dialectal) To drive; drive out; drive away; expel. dreave (plural dreaves) (Britain dialectal) A drove. (Britain dialectal) A crowd or throng of people. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The yearly herring fishing. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A shoal of fish; a catch. Source: ecdict

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Britain dialectal drive participle past present Scotland simple away catch crowd drove expel fish fishing herring people plural shoal singular throng transitive yearly

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