- verbdrive (verb) · drives (third person present) · drove (past tense) · driving (present participle) · driven (past participle)
- operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:"he got into his car and drove off" · "they drove back into town"
- (of a motor vehicle) travel under the control of a driver:"a car drives up, and a man gets out" · "a stream of black cars drove by" · "I watched her car drive away"
- operate and control the direction and speed of a (motor vehicle, train, etc.):"I drove the truck back to New York" · "there are endless shots of Julie driving her car along winding roads"
- own or use (a specified type of motor vehicle):"Sue drives an old Chevy"
- be licensed or competent to drive a motor vehicle:"I take it you can drive?"
- convey (someone) in a vehicle, especially a private car:"Shelley drove him to the supermarket"
- propel or carry along by force in a specified direction:"the wind will drive you onshore"
- (of wind, water, or snow) move or fall with great force:"the snow drove against him"
- force (a stake or nail) into place by hitting or pushing it:"nails are driven through the boards"
- bore (a tunnel):"an engineer suggested driving a tunnel through the hills"
- urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction:"they drove a flock of sheep through the center of the city" · "the French infantry were driven back"
- (of a source of power) provide the energy to set and keep (an engine or piece of machinery) in motion:"turbines driven by steam"
- electronics(of a device) power or operate (another device):"the interface can be used to drive a printer"
- (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate:"he was driven by ambition" · "some people are driven to murder their tormentors"
- bring (someone) forcibly into a specified negative state:"the thought drove him to despair" · "my laziness drives my wife crazy"
- force (someone) to work to an excessive extent:"you're driving yourself too hard"
- cause (something abstract) to happen or develop:"the consumer has been driving the economy for a number of years" · "we need to allow market forces to drive growth in the telecommunications sector"
- (in ball games) hit or kick (the ball) hard with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot.
- golfstrike (a ball) from the tee, typically with a driver:"I'm driving the ball really well and my irons are good"
noundrive (noun) · drives (plural noun)- a trip or journey in a car:"they went for a drive in the country"
- a short road leading from a public road to a house or other building:"from the window he could see right down the weedy drive to the front gate"
- a street or road:"Hammond Drive"
- an innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need:"emotional and sexual drives"
- determination and ambition to achieve something:"her drive has sustained her through some shattering personal experiences"
- an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a particular purpose, often to raise money:"we're planning a massive membership drive"
- american footballa series of offensive plays that advance the ball for the purpose of a score:"an 80-yard scoring drive"
- the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle:"he experimented with chain drive to run the propeller"
- (in a car with automatic transmission) the position of the gear selector in which the car will move forward, changing gears automatically as required:"he threw the car into drive"
- computingshort for disk drive."insert the disk into drive A"
- (in ball games) a forceful stroke made with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot against the ball:"a hard drive to left field"
- golfa shot from the tee:"Greg hit a good drive at the 18th"
- an act of driving a group of animals to a particular destination:"cattle were no longer taken on long drives, but were delivered by rail"
OriginOld English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:
- propel or carry along by force in a specified direction:
- force (a stake or nail) into place by hitting or pushing it:
- bore (a tunnel):
- urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction:
- (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate:
noun- a trip or journey in a car:
- a short road leading from a public road to a house or other building:
- an innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need:
- determination and ambition to achieve something:
- an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a particular purpose, often to raise money:
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