'Drive' definitions:

Definition of 'drive'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn: drive, thrust, driving force]
noun
A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"
noun
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" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort]
noun
A road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway" [syn: driveway, drive, private road]
noun
The trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"
noun
Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" [syn: drive, driving]
noun
The act of driving a herd of animals overland
noun
A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: drive, ride]
noun
A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
noun
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
noun
A wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" [syn: drive, parkway]
noun
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
verb
Operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
verb
Travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" [syn: drive, motor]
verb
Cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
verb
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" [syn: force, drive, ram]
verb
To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"
verb
Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in]
verb
Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"
verb
Push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall"
verb
Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field"
verb
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" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push, drive]
verb
Move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim]
verb
Have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: drive, ride]
verb
Work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
verb
Move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner"
verb
Urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
verb
Proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" [syn: drive, take]
verb
Strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball"
verb
Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball"
verb
Excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"
verb
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"
verb
Hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
verb
Hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"

Definition of 'Drive'

From: GCIDE
  • Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v), formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[imac]fan; akin to OS. dr[imac]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[imac]ban, G. treiben, Icel. dr[imac]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). [1913 Webster]
  • Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. " Enough to drive one mad." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • The trade of life can not be driven without partners. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained. [1913 Webster]
  • To drive the country, force the swains away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms. [PJC]

Definition of 'Drive'

From: GCIDE
  • Drive \Drive\, n.
  • 1. In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. (Golf) A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to cause to move by applying the force before, or in front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to place them in a machine, which, by a current of air, drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them by themselves. "My thrice-driven bed of down." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drive'

From: GCIDE
  • Drive \Drive\, v. i.
  • 1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. [1913 Webster]
  • Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. [1913 Webster]
  • The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at. [1913 Webster]
  • Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 7. to go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as the operator of the vehicle; to drive[9] a vehicle from one location to another. He drove from New York to Boston in four hours. [PJC]
  • To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drive'

From: GCIDE
  • Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), p. p. Driven. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drive'

From: GCIDE
  • Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), n.
  • 1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business. [1913 Webster]
  • The Murdstonian drive in business. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.]
  • Syn: See Ride. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. a private road; a driveway. [PJC]
  • 7. a strong psychological motivation to perform some activity. [PJC]
  • 8. (Computers) a device for reading or writing data from or to a data storage medium, as a disk drive, a {tape drive}, a CD drive, etc. [PJC]
  • 9. an organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive. [PJC]
  • 10. a physiological function of an organism motivating it to perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive. [PJC]
  • 11. (Football) the period during which one team sustains movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive downfield. [PJC]
  • 12. an act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile; the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to go for a drive in the country. [PJC]
  • 13. the mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine to move; as, a belt drive. [PJC]
  • 14. the way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, etc. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'drive'

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Words containing 'Drive'