grovePronunciation: /grəʊv/Translate grove | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of grove noun a small wood or other group of trees:an olive grove [in place names]:Ladbroke GrovePhrases the groves of Academe the academic world: younger men lured from the groves of Academe[translating Horace's silvas Academi]Derivatives grovy adjective Origin: Old English grāf, of Germanic origingrove in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of grove in the US English dictionary