1. (noun)drive operate or control a vehicle "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
2. (noun)drive, motor travel or be transported in a vehicle "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
3. (noun)drive causesomeone or something to move by driving "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
4. (noun)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"
5. (noun)drive to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
"She is driven by her passion"
6. (noun)repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back cause to moveback by force or influence "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
7. (noun)drive compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment "She finally drove him to change jobs"
8. (noun)drive push, propel, or press with force "Drive a nail into the wall"
9. (noun)drive cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force "drive the ball far out into the field"
10. (noun)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"
11. (noun)drive, get, aim move into a desired direction of discourse "What are you driving at?"
12. (noun)drive, ride have certain properties when driven
"This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"
13. (noun)drive work as a driver "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
14. (noun)drive move by being propelled by a force "The car drove around the corner"
15. (noun)drive urgeforward "drive the cows into the barn"
16. (noun)drive, take proceed along in a vehicle "We drive the turnpike to work"
17. (noun)drive strike with a driver, as in teeing off
"drive a golf ball"
18. (noun)drive hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
"drive a ball"
19. (noun)drive excavate horizontally
"drive a tunnel"
20. (noun)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"
21. (noun)drive hunting: search for game "drive the forest"
23. (verb)drive operate or control a vehicle "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
24. (verb)drive, motor travel or be transported in a vehicle "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
25. (verb)drive causesomeone or something to move by driving "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
26. (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"
27. (verb)drive to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
"She is driven by her passion"
28. (verb)repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back cause to moveback by force or influence "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
29. (verb)drive compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment "She finally drove him to change jobs"
30. (verb)drive push, propel, or press with force "Drive a nail into the wall"
31. (verb)drive cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force "drive the ball far out into the field"
32. (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"
33. (verb)drive, get, aim move into a desired direction of discourse "What are you driving at?"
34. (verb)drive, ride have certain properties when driven
"This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"
35. (verb)drive work as a driver "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
36. (verb)drive move by being propelled by a force "The car drove around the corner"
37. (verb)drive urgeforward "drive the cows into the barn"
38. (verb)drive, take proceed along in a vehicle "We drive the turnpike to work"
39. (verb)drive strike with a driver, as in teeing off
"drive a golf ball"
40. (verb)drive hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
"drive a ball"
41. (verb)drive excavate horizontally
"drive a tunnel"
42. (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"
43. (verb)drive hunting: search for game "drive the forest"
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