drove
Was behind wheel
Drove is the past tense of drive, but it also stands alone as a noun meaning a group of animals being driven together: a drove of cattle.
By extension, drove describes any large moving group: Droves of tourists descended on the city.
The phrase in droves emphasizes large numbers arriving or departing together.
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- flockAnimals gathered together
- herdGrazing animals together
cowboy · shepherd · ranch · grazing · pasture · roundup · stampede · corral
Dense pressing crowd
- multitudeVery large number
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- swarmMass of moving insects
- massQuantity of matter
mob · crush · press · gathering · assembly · congregation · flock · pack
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
herd · cowboy · shepherd · ranch · grazing · pasture · roundup · stampede · corral · mustering
throng
Dense pressing crowd
mass · mob · crush · press · gathering · assembly · congregation · flock · pack · host
car
Wheeled motor vehicle
- automobileSelf-propelled passenger conveyance
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- vanEnclosed cargo vehicle
bus · taxi · carpool · commute · road · highway · steering · traveled · journey · miles
ambition
Desire for achievement
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- passionIntense emotional drive
- purposeReason something exists
compulsion · urge · impulse · obsession · compelled · pushed · inspired · motivated · spurred · propelled
- drove offCaused to flee
- drove awayCaused to depart
- drove someone crazyCaused extreme frustration
- drove someone nutsExtremely annoyed someone
- in drovesIn large numbers
- drove home