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Definition: SHROVE |
SHROVE1. Imp. of Shrive. 2. Of Shrive Intransitive verb1. To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry. |
Date "SHROVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
Crosswords: SHROVE |
| English words defined with "SHROVE": fastnacht, Fat Tuesday ♦ Mardi Gras ♦ Quinquagesima Sunday. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SHROVE": Nicka-Nan Night ♦ Shrovetide Cocks. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SHROVE": Shrive. (references) |
| "SHROVE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SHROVE" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 24 | 71,196 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SHROVE": Shrove Sunday ♦ shrove tuesday. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
shrove tuesday | 14 |
shrove | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SHROVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | ثلاثاء المرافع (shrove tuesday). (various references) | |
Chinese | 忏" (Confessional, shrive, Shriven, Shriving). (various references) | |
Dutch | Vastenavond (Shrove-Tuesday). (various references) | |
Esperanto | Antaŭfasta Mardo (Shrove-Tuesday). (various references) | |
Finnish | laskiaistiistai (Shrove Tuesday), laskiaispulla (Shrove bun). (various references) | |
French | mardi gras (shrove tuesday). (various references) | |
German | fastnachtdiensttag (shrove tuesday). (various references) | |
Greek | Αόρ. Του Shrive. (various references) | |
Italian | martedì grasso (shrove tuesday). (various references) | |
Korean | 참회를 "었다. (various references) | |
Manx | Oie Innyd (Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday), Jemayrt Innyd (pancake day, Shrove Tuesday). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oveshray.(various references) | |
Scottish | inid (Shrove-tide). (various references) | |
Spanish | Pret De Shrive. (various references) | |
Swedish | fettisdagen (pancake day, shrove tuesday). (various references) | |
Turkish | büyük perhizin başlangıcı olan salı günü (shrove tuesday). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"SHROVE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ashurov, hrvoje, Sarova, Shirone, Shirov, shoove, shrave, shrof, Shroff, shrone, spruve, srove. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hovers, shover. | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-o-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: heros, hoers, horse, hover, overs, roves, servo, shoer, shore, shove, verso. | |
-2 letters: eros, hero, hers, hoer, hoes, hose, hove, ores, over, resh, revs, rhos, roes, rose, rove, shoe, sore, voes. | |
-3 letters: ers, her, hes, hoe, oes, ohs, ore, ors, ose, res, rev, rho, roe, ser, she, voe. | |
-4 letters: eh, er, es, he, ho, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-o-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: shovers. | |
+2 letters: chevrons, hoverers, overfish, overlush, overrash, overshoe, overshot, pushover, shoveler, vouchers, whosever. | |
+3 letters: avouchers, behaviors, cheverons, echovirus, flashover, handovers, hangovers, havockers, holdovers, howsoever, overhands, overhangs, overhasty, overhates, overhauls, overheads, overheaps, overhears, overheats, overholds, overhopes, overhunts, overhypes, overshirt, overshoes, overshoot, overshots, oversight, pushovers, shortwave, shovelers, shoveller, vermouths, whosoever. | |
+4 letters: behaviours, flashovers, forehooves, hardcovers, herbivores, impoverish, overarches, overchills, overfished, overfishes, overlavish, overlights, overmuches, overnights, overshadow, overshirts, overshoots, oversights, overslaugh, overthinks, overthrows, overweighs, overwhelms, shortwaves, shovellers, tovariches, tovarishes, vigorishes, whatsoever, whensoever, whomsoever, windhovers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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