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shrove

/ʃɹəʊv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
shrove
IPA
/ʃɹəʊv/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of shrive

verb

To join in the festivities of Shrovetide.

Obsolete

verb

To make merry.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

shroves (present, singular) shroving (participle, present) shroved (participle, past) shroved (past)

Derived Forms

Shrovetide

Phrases

Shrove Monday Shrove Sunday Shrove Tuesday

Rhymes With

drove grove stove dove shove cove trove hove gove clove rove mauve

Questions

How do you pronounce shrove?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɹəʊv/.
What does shrove mean?
simple past of shrive

How to pronounce shrove

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