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Definition of 'Drive'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) drive
to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion:
to drive away the flies.

2.  drive
to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an animal, etc.):
to drive a car; to drive a mule.

3.  drive
to convey in a vehicle:
to drive someone home.

4.  drive
to force to work or act:
He drove the workers until they collapsed.

5.  drive
to impel; constrain; urge; compel.

6.  drive
to carry (business, an agreement, etc.) vigorously through:
to drive a hard bargain.

7.  drive
to keep (machinery) going.

8.  drive
(in baseball)

9.  drive
to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a base hit or sacrifice fly.

10.  drive
to cause (a run) to be scored by a base hit or sacrifice fly.

11.  drive
to hit (a golf ball), esp. from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron.

12.  drive
to hit, propel, or kick (a ball, shuttlecock, puck, etc.) with much force.

13.  drive
(in football) to advance (the ball) aggressively by various passing, carrying, and kicking strategies.

14.  drive
to chase (game).

15.  drive
to search (a district) for game.

16.  drive
to float (logs) down a river or stream.

17.  drive
(in mining, construction, etc.) to excavate (a mine or tunnel heading).

18. (v.i.) drive
to cause and guide the movement of a vehicle or animal, esp. to operate an automobile.

19.  drive
to go or travel in a driven vehicle.

20.  drive
to hit a golf ball, esp. from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron.

21.  drive
to strive vigorously toward a goal or objective.

22.  drive
to go along before an impelling force; be impelled:
The ship drove before the wind.

23.  drive
to rush or dash violently.

24.  drive
drive at, to intend to convey.

25. (n.) drive
the act of driving.

26.  drive
a trip in a vehicle, esp. a short pleasure trip.

27.  drive
an impelling along, as of game, cattle, or floating logs, in a particular direction.

28.  drive
the animals, logs, etc., thus driven.

29.  drive
an inner urge that prompts activity directed toward the satisfaction of a basic, instinctive need:
hunger drive; sex drive.

30.  drive
a vigorous onset or onward course toward a goal or objective.

31.  drive
a strong military offensive.

32.  drive
a united effort to accomplish some specific purpose, esp. to raise money, as for a charity.

33.  drive
energy and initiative; motivation.

34.  drive
vigorous pressure or effort, as in business.

35.  drive
a road for vehicles, as a scenic route along a highway or a short roadway approaching a house.

36.  drive
a driving mechanism, as of an automobile:
gear drive.

37.  drive
the point or points of power application to the roadway:
four-wheel drive.

38.  drive
an act or instance of driving a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like.

39.  drive
the flight of a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like that has been driven with much force.

40.  drive
a golf shot, esp. with a driver or driving iron from the tee, that is intended to carry a great distance.

41.  drive
a hunt in which game is driven toward stationary hunters.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE drīfan)

Definition of 'Drive'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) drive, thrust, driving force
the act of applying force to propel something
"after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

2. (noun) drive
a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
"a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"

3. (noun) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

4. (noun) driveway, drive, private road
a road leading up to a private house
"they parked in the driveway"

5. (noun) drive
the trait of being highly motivated
"his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"

6. (noun) drive, driving
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
"he sliced his drive out of bounds"

7. (noun) drive
the act of driving a herd of animals overland

8. (noun) drive, ride
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
"he took the family for a drive in his new car"

9. (noun) drive
a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

10. (noun) drive
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

11. (noun) drive, parkway
a wide scenic road planted with trees
"the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"

12. (verb) drive
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

13. (verb) drive
operate or control a vehicle
"drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"

14. (verb) drive, motor
travel or be transported in a vehicle
"We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

15. (verb) drive
cause someone or something to move by driving
"She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"

16. (verb) force, drive, ram
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
"She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"

17. (verb) drive
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
"She is driven by her passion"

18. (verb) repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back
cause to move back by force or influence
"repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"

19. (verb) drive
compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
"She finally drove him to change jobs"

20. (verb) drive
push, propel, or press with force
"Drive a nail into the wall"

21. (verb) drive
cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
"drive the ball far out into the field"

22. (verb) tug, labor, labour, push, drive
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
"She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

23. (verb) drive, get, aim
move into a desired direction of discourse
"What are you driving at?"

24. (verb) drive, ride
have certain properties when driven
"This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"

25. (verb) drive
work as a driver
"He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"

26. (verb) drive
move by being propelled by a force
"The car drove around the corner"

27. (verb) drive
urge forward
"drive the cows into the barn"

28. (verb) drive, take
proceed along in a vehicle
"We drive the turnpike to work"

29. (verb) drive
strike with a driver, as in teeing off
"drive a golf ball"

30. (verb) drive
hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
"drive a ball"

31. (verb) drive
excavate horizontally
"drive a tunnel"

32. (verb) drive
cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
"The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer"

33. (verb) drive
hunting: search for game
"drive the forest"

34. (verb) drive
hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
"drive the game"

Definition of 'Drive'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) drive
to operate a road vehicle
Did you fly or drive?; We drove down to my mother's.; He drives a truck for a living.

2.  drive
to take sb somewhere in a road vehicle
I'll drive you home.; She drove me to school.

3.  drive
to give a machine power
a motor driven by electricity

4.  drive
to hit or kick sth hard
She drove the stake into the ground.

5.  drive
to force sb to do sth or behave in a particular way
The heat drove people to the air-conditioned stores.; He's driving us crazy/nuts!

6.  drive
to make sb work hard to achieve sth
I don't know what drives him.

7. (noun) drive
a trip taken by car
We went for a drive in the mountains.; the fifteen-minute drive into town

8.  drive
one of the parts of a computer that processes data
the hard/CD drive

9.  drive
an organized effort to make sth happen
a fundraising drive; a drive to educate people about the drug

10.  drive
determination to succeed
She lost her drive as she got older.

11.  drive
one of the natural urges that makes people do things
the sex drive

12.  drive
driveway
***a car coming up the drive

13.  drive
the position of the gear stick that moves an automatic car forward
Put it in drive.

Definition of 'Drive'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Drive
the act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback

2. (noun) Drive
a place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving

3. (noun) Drive
violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business

4. (noun) Drive
in type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift

5. (noun) Drive
a collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river

6. Drive
driven

7. (verb) Drive
to impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room

8. (verb) Drive
to urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door

9. (verb) Drive
to urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like

10. (verb) Drive
to carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute

11. (verb) Drive
to clear, by forcing away what is contained

12. (verb) Drive
to dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel

13. (verb) Drive
to pass away; -- said of time

14. (verb) Drive
to rush and press with violence; to move furiously

15. (verb) Drive
to be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven

16. (verb) Drive
to go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door

17. (verb) Drive
to press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at

18. (verb) Drive
to distrain for rent

Definition of 'Drive'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Drive
A state of internal activity of an organism that is a necessary condition before a given stimulus will elicit a class of responses; e.g., a certain level of hunger (drive) must be present before food will elicit an eating response.

Translation of 'Drive'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to control or guide (a car etc) Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?
Afrikaans: bestuur	Arabic: يَسوقُ	Bulgarian: карам
Brazilian: dirigir	Czech: řídit	German: fahren
Danish: køre	Greek: οδηγώ	Spanish: conducir
Estonian: juhtima	Farsi: رانندگی کردن	Finnish: ajaa
French: conduire	Hebrew: לִנהוֹג	Hindi: हांकना
Croatian: voziti	Hungarian: vezet	Indonesian: mengemudikan
Icelandic: aka, keyra	Italian: guidare	Japanese: 運転する
Korean: 운전하다	Lithuanian: vairuoti, važiuoti	Latvian: vadīt (automašīnu)
Malay: memandu	Dutch: besturen	Norwegian: kjøre (bil)
Polish: jechać, prowadzić samochó	Persian: راننده گى كردن	Pashto: موټر چلول
Portuguese: guiar	Romanian: a conduce	Russian: управлять
Slovak: viesť auto	Slovenian: voziti	Serbian: voziti
Swedish: köra	Thai: ขับรถ	Turkish: araba sürmek/kullanmak
Taiwanese: 駕駛	Ukrainian: правити, вести	Urdu: گاڑی وغیرہ کو چلانا
Vietnamese: lái xe	Chinese: 驾驶
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