dreave noun 4verb 1forms 4 noun4 •(dialect, UK) A drove. •(dialect, UK) A crowd or throng of people. •(dialect, UK) A shoal of fish; a catch. •(dialect, UK) The yearly herring fishing. verb1 •(dialect, UK) To drive; drive out; drive away; expel. formsdreaved · dreft · dreaving · dreaves