grove
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A small forest.
- A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
- 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.
- To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
- To plough or gouge with lines.
Proper noun
- A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
- Any of several villages in England: A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).
- Any of several villages in England: A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972).
- Any of several villages in England: A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).
- Any of several villages in England: A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).
- Any of several villages in England: A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379).
- Any of several villages in England: 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 place in the United States: A town in Allegany County, New York.
- A place in the United States: A city in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
- A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.
- A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
- A place in the United States: 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.
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