grove

noun

1. 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.”

2. A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

   “Near-synonym: woodland”

3. An orchard of fruit trees.
4. A place of worship.
5. A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.

verb

1. 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 island stand a number of aged apple-trees, planted, perhaps, a century since by the hand of some Indian.”

   “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 groving may occur, but is difficult to recognize without the benefit of aerial photographs.”

2. To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
3. 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 the upper nurseries, where they have to take the eggs, they project an arch of about ten inches in length, and half an inch in breadth, groved or worked into steps, on its upper surface, to allow of a more easy passage.”

   “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

1. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
2. Any of several villages in England.
3. Any of several villages in England.
4. Any of several villages in England.
5. Any of several villages in England.
6. Any of several villages in England.
7. Any of several villages in England.
8. A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).
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14. A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
15. A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.