drev
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See also: dřev
Etymology 1
From Old Norse drif, from Proto-Germanic *dribą, cognate with Swedish drev. Derived from the verb *drībaną (“to drive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
drev n (singular definite drevet, plural indefinite drev)
- (computing) drive (a mass-storage device)
- (engineering) pinion (a gear in a gear drive train)
- (obsolete) drove (driven animals)
- (obsolete) battue (a form of hunting)
Declension
Declension of drev
References
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
drev
Alternative forms
Verb
drev
Etymology
From Old Norse dreif, from Proto-Germanic *draibō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-.
Noun
drev n
- a drive (of hunters), a beat, a battue
- a media drive (journalists going like a drive of hunters after a game)
- (mechanics) a drive, a sprocket, a chainwheel
- tow, stuffing (around windows or in the threads of pipes)
- (mechanical engineering, cycling) sprocket
Declension
Declension of drev
Related terms
See also
Verb
drev
- past indicative of driva
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