(v. i.) To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.
Example Sentences:
(1) Okonomiyaki – Japanese vegetable pancakes Okonomiyaki stands for "as you like it" – perfect for Shrove Tuesday when you could change that to "whatever you have" if you want to follow tradition and use up your stocks.
(2) The British-style pancakes served on Shrove Tuesday don't use one, whereas the breakfast variety served in the US do – typically baking powder, or whipped egg white, or both.
(3) This year, Shrove Tuesday, our Pancake Day, falls on 4 March.
(4) Like contributor Jenny Barrett, I rarely have room for more than lemon and sugar pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, but I could be tempted to add a few of these to my repertoire.
Strove
Definition:
(imp.) of Strive
() of Strive
() imp. of Strive.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ferguson strove to unsettle City beforehand with a calculated outburst over the allegedly vainglorious streak in the people who run City but earlier still in the week he had suggested circumspectly that these opponents are bound to win a trophy in due course.
(2) As a self-help organization of the working class, the Association strove for education in the field of health and a healthy life-style and for the application of natural cures.
(3) Now the peace-lovers strove for a more realistic, modest aim – disarmament, international understanding, reconciliation and a humanisation of war through the abandonment of certain weapons.
(4) Whenever possible, however, he pursued his interests in psychometry and psychophysics and strove to remain active in psychology.
(5) They also strove for a Jewish state on both banks of the Jordan.
(6) I told him that a few years back I had spent time at a university studying with people who strove to understand the nature of terrorism.
(7) His UNPERU colleagues strove to decode this hydrocarbon Ragnarok.
(8) There are links here with the Mid Staffordshire scandal as they strove for and got semi-marketised status as a foundation trust.
(9) No wonder they strove to erase their experience from their history, and their minds.
(10) Earlier this year, they returned from Australia, where they strove to break down barriers by again using cricket as a weapon of decency.
(11) Rather, British commanders strove to maintain a distinctive British identity in what were essentially tactical operations.
(12) Sir Alan Reid, keeper of the privy purse, said the palace strove to provide good value for money.
(13) The crowd came to life at the start of the third set as Goffin strove for parity, and were ecstatic when Edmund drove a forehand long for the break.
(14) Sisi strove to paint the coup as the fulfilment of the popular will, following days of vast protests against Morsi's rule.
(15) Tuscany, Italy The historic hilltop villages of San Gimignano, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Strove and Monteriggioni are close enough to be linked with pleasant one-day walks.
(16) Initial studies in adult rat indicated that the regulation of cytochrome P450IIE1 is complex, therefore we strove to identify a central regulatory mechanism, using primary monolayer hepatocyte culture.
(17) This regional account of the progress of women physicians as they strove to become an integral part of the profession emphasizes the familiar themes of altruism, ingenuity, and perseverance that characterized their efforts.
(18) Faced with an enemy that sought only to divide, the National Health Service strove for unity.
(19) In 1989 he became the first chair of the Kingston Theatre Trust, a role he fulfilled with wit, determination and no small amount of ingenuity as we strove to build "the first theatre of the 21st century".
(20) Appearing on ITV's Daybreak, Manford said he and others were inspired to get involved by the teenager's positive attitude as he strove to make the best of his situation.