drive

[ drahyv ]

/ draɪv /

verb (used with object), drove [drohv] /droʊv/ or (Archaic) drave [dreyv] /dreɪv/, driv·en [driv-uhn] /ˈdrɪv ən/, driv·ing.

to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.

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

to convey in a vehicle: She drove them to the station.

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

to impel; constrain; urge; compel.

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

to keep (machinery) going.

Baseball.

to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a base hit or sacrifice fly: He drove him home with a scratch single.
to cause (a run) to be scored by a base hit or sacrifice fly: He drove in two runs.

Golf. to hit (a golf ball), especially from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron: She drove the ball within ten feet of the pin.

Sports.

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

Hunting.

to chase (game).
to search (a district) for game.

to float (logs) down a river or stream.

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

verb (used without object), drove [drohv] /droʊv/ or (Archaic) drave [dreyv] /dreɪv/, driv·en [driv-uhn] /ˈdrɪv ən/, driv·ing.

to cause and guide the movement of a vehicle or animal, especially to operate an automobile.

to go or travel in a driven vehicle: He drives to work with me.

Golf. to hit a golf ball, especially from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron: He drove long and straight throughout the match.

to strive vigorously toward a goal or objective; to work, play, or try wholeheartedly and with determination.

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

to rush or dash violently.

noun

the act of driving.

a trip in a vehicle, especially a short pleasure trip: a Sunday drive in the country.

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

the animals, logs, etc., thus driven.

Psychology. an inner urge that stimulates activity or inhibition; a basic or instinctive need: the hunger drive; sex drive.

a vigorous onset or onward course toward a goal or objective: the drive toward the goal line.

a strong military offensive.

a united effort to accomplish some specific purpose, especially to raise money, as for a charity.

energy and initiative: a person with great drive.

vigorous pressure or effort, as in business.

a road for vehicles, especially a scenic one, as in or along a park, or a short one, as an approach to a house.

Machinery. a driving mechanism, as of an automobile: gear drive; chain drive.

Automotive. the point or points of power application to the roadway: front-wheel drive; four-wheel drive.

Computers. a storage device, as a flash drive, HDD, or SSD.

Sports.

an act or instance of driving a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like.
the flight of such a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like, that has been driven with much force.

Golf. a shot, especially with a driver or driving iron from the tee, that is intended to carry a great distance.

a hunt in which game is driven toward stationary hunters.

Electronics. excitation(def 5).

adjective

noting or pertaining to a part of a machine or vehicle used for its propulsion.

Verb Phrases

drive at, to attempt or intend to convey; allude to; suggest: What are you driving at?

Idioms for drive

let drive, to aim a blow or missile at; attack: He let drive at his pursuers.

Origin of drive

First recorded before 900; Middle English drīven, Old English drīfan; cognate with Dutch drijven, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, German treiben

SYNONYMS FOR drive

1 push, force.

28 push; ambition, motivation.

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2, 15. Drive, ride are used interchangeably to mean traveling in an automobile or, formerly, in a horse-drawn vehicle. These two words are not synonyms in other connections. To drive is to maneuver, guide, or steer the progress of a vehicle, animal, etc.: to drive a bus, a horse. To ride is to be carried about by an animal or be carried as a passenger in a vehicle: to ride a horse, a train, a bus.

OTHER WORDS FROM drive

driv·a·ble, drive·a·ble, adjective non·driv·a·ble, adjective non·drive·a·ble, adjective pre·drive, verb, pre·drove, pre·driv·en, pre·driv·ing.

re·drive, verb, re·drove, re·driv·en, re·driv·ing. un·driv·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby drive

dripstone, dript, drisheen, drivability, drivage, drive, drive a hard bargain, drive a nail into one's coffin, drive at, drive home, drive screw

Example sentences from the Web for drive

He used to drive her to school once he came home from the Marines.

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Think about it: Dodd-Frank was explicitly passed to drive a stake through the heart of the implicit concept of “too big to fail.”

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Potter suggested that she drive herself to Millwood Hospital, a mental-health facility.

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All it took was a good idea, and OK Go had one—and the drive to pull it off.

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Dynamo is a platform that gives Turkers a collective voice and, consequently, the chance to drive change.

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Now, we could do wi' a third horse—get yourself ready, and drive over there, and take a look at it.

The Root of All Evil |J. S. Fletcher
Therefore I thought nothing of undertaking a sixty miles' drive in broiling heat and along a villainous road.

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A policeman in the street had seen them hire a cab and drive away through Broadway at a rapid pace.

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Can't they drive the butter-cart out each morning and home after school?

The Fat of the Land |John Williams Streeter
Another policeman tried to coax me to drive the team down to the police station.

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British Dictionary definitions for drive

drive

/ (draɪv) /

verb drives, driving, drove (drəʊv) or driven (ˈdrɪvən)

to push, propel, or be pushed or propelled

to control and guide the movement of (a vehicle, draught animal, etc) to drive a car

(tr) to compel or urge to work or act, esp excessively

(tr) to goad or force into a specified attitude or state work drove him to despair

(tr) to cause (an object) to make or form (a hole, crack, etc) his blow drove a hole in the wall

to move or cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

sport to hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically

golf to strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off

(tr)

to chase (game) from cover into more open ground
to search (an area) for game

to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle

(intr) to rush or dash violently, esp against an obstacle or solid object the waves drove against the rock

(tr) to carry through or transact with vigour (esp in the phrase drive a hard bargain)

(tr) to force (a component) into or out of its location by means of blows or a press

(tr) mining to excavate horizontally

(tr) NZ to fell (a tree or trees) by the impact of another felled tree

drive home

to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
to make clear by special emphasis

noun

the act of driving

a trip or journey in a driven vehicle

a road for vehicles, esp a private road leading to a house
(capital when part of a street name)Woodland Drive

vigorous or urgent pressure, as in business

a united effort, esp directed towards a common goal a charity drive

British a large gathering of persons to play cards, etc See beetle drive, whist drive

energy, ambition, or initiative

psychol a motive or interest, such as sex, hunger, or ambition, that actuates an organism to attain a goal

a sustained and powerful military offensive

the means by which force, torque, motion, or power is transmitted in a mechanismfluid drive
(as modifier)a drive shaft

sport a hard straight shot or stroke

a search for and chasing of game towards waiting guns

electronics the signal applied to the input of an amplifier

Derived forms of drive

drivable or driveable, adjective drivability or driveability, noun

Word Origin for drive

Old English drīfan; related to Old Frisian drīva, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, Old High German trīban

Medical definitions for drive

drive

[ drīv ]

n.

A strong motivating tendency or instinct, especially of sexual or aggressive origin, that prompts activity toward a particular end.

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drive

verb (used with object), drove [drohv] /droʊv/ or (Archaic) drave [dreyv] /dreɪv/, driv·en [driv-uhn] /ˈdrɪv ən/, driv·ing.

verb (used without object), drove [drohv] /droʊv/ or (Archaic) drave [dreyv] /dreɪv/, driv·en [driv-uhn] /ˈdrɪv ən/, driv·ing.

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verb drives, driving, drove (drəʊv) or driven (ˈdrɪvən)

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drive

verb (used with object), drove [drohv] /droʊv/ or (Archaic) drave [dreyv] /dreɪv/, driv·en [driv-uhn] /ˈdrɪv ən/, driv·ing.

verb (used without object), drove [drohv] /droʊv/ or (Archaic) drave [dreyv] /dreɪv/, driv·en [driv-uhn] /ˈdrɪv ən/, driv·ing.

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adjective

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verb drives, driving, drove (drəʊv) or driven (ˈdrɪvən)

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