drive
1. [ verb ] (work,transportation) operate or control a vehicle
Examples:

"drive a car or bus" "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"

Related terms: work operate coach cruise test_drive driving driver
2. [ verb ] (transportation) travel or be transported in a vehicle
Synonyms: motor
Examples:

"We drove to the university every morning" "They motored to London for the theater"

Related terms: travel ride
3. [ verb ] cause someone or something to move by driving
Examples:

"She drove me to school every day" "We drove the car to the garage"

Related terms: move pull drive_around chase_away chase_away chase_away rout_out
4. [ verb ] force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Synonyms: force ram run
Examples:

"She rammed her mind into focus" "He drives me mad"

Related terms: thrust toe drive_home screw hammer_in campaign
5. [ verb ] to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
Examples:

"She is driven by her passion"

Related terms: coerce force
6. [ noun ] the act of applying force to propel something
Synonyms: driving_force thrust
Examples:

"after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

Related terms: propulsion firewall impulse lunge
7. [ verb ] cause to move back by force or influence
Synonyms: repel push_back beat_back force_back repulse
Examples:

"repel the enemy" "push back the urge to smoke" "beat back the invaders"

Related terms: attract attract push campaign rollback
8. [ noun ] a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
Examples:

"a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"

Related terms: mechanism fusee
9. [ verb ] compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
Examples:

"She finally drove him to change jobs"

Related terms: make force
10. [ noun ] a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Synonyms: cause campaign movement crusade effort
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: venture campaigning advertising_campaign reform war fund-raising_campaign gay_liberation_movement anti-war_movement consumerism ecumenical_movement feminist_movement lost_cause youth_movement force repel crusade
11. [ noun ] (housing,transportation) a road leading up to a private house
Synonyms: driveway private_road
Examples:

"they parked in the driveway"

Related terms: road turnaround
12. [ verb ] cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
Examples:

"drive the ball far out into the field"

Related terms: throw repel
13. [ verb ] push, propel, or press with force
Examples:

"Drive the cows into the stable"

Related terms: propel driving
14. [ verb ] (work,transportation) move into a certain direction; of a car
Synonyms: pull motor
Examples:

"The van pulled up"

Related terms: travel cut_in driving pull motor driveway motoring ride
15. [ noun ] the trait of being highly motivated
Examples:

"his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"

Related terms: trait action push enterprise aggressiveness ambition
16. [ noun ] (sport,golf) hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
Synonyms: driving
Examples:

"he sliced his drive out of bounds"

Related terms: golf_stroke
17. [ verb ] move into a desired direction of discourse
Synonyms: aim get
Examples:

"What are you driving at?"

Related terms: mean drift
18. [ noun ] (transportation) the act of driving a herd of animals overland
Related terms: transportation cattle_drive
19. [ noun ] (transportation) a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else
Synonyms: ride
Examples:

"he took the family for a drive in his new car"

Related terms: journey spin lift joyride ride ride pull ride ride
20. [ verb ] exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal
Synonyms: labor push labour tug
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: fight strive press_on push undertaking labor campaign laborer
21. [ verb ] have certain properties when driven
Synonyms: ride
Examples:

"This car rides smoothly" "My new truck drives well"

Related terms: ride driveway
22. [ verb ] (work,transportation) move by being propelled by a force
Examples:

"The car drove around the corner"

Related terms: travel pull
23. [ verb ] (mining) mining: excavate horizontally
Examples:

"drive a tunnel"

Related terms: excavate mining
24. [ verb ] (work) work as a driver
Examples:

"He drives a bread truck" "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"

Related terms: work driver
25. [ verb ] (golf) golf: strike with a driver, as in teeing off
Examples:

"drive a golfball"

Related terms: hit golf driver driver
26. [ verb ] (cricket) cricket: hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically
Examples:

: "drive a ball"

Related terms: hit cricket
27. [ verb ] cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
Examples:

"The amplifier drives the tube" "steam drives the engines" "this device drives the disks for the computer"

Related terms: power driver
28. [ noun ] (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
Related terms: device CD-ROM_drive CD_drive external_drive internal_drive RAM_disk disk_drive spindle computer_science
29. [ noun ] a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
Related terms: physiological_state hunger thirst hypoxia sex_drive
30. [ verb ] (work,transportation) informal: drive (a vehicle)
Synonyms: tool
Examples:

"The convertible tooled down the street"

Related terms: travel pull joyride
31. [ verb ] hunting: search for game
Examples:

"drive the forest"

Related terms: hunt
32. [ verb ] proceed along in a vehicle
Synonyms: take
Examples:

"We drive the turnpike to work"

Related terms: traverse driving pull driveway
33. [ verb ] hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
Examples:

"drive the game"

Related terms: hunt
34. [ verb ] urge forward
Examples:

"drive the cows into the barn"

Related terms: push mush
35. [ noun ] (transportation) a wide scenic road planted with trees
Synonyms: parkway
Examples:

"the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"

Related terms: road pull
36. [ noun ] (sport,tennis) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Related terms: return backhand_drive forehand_drive tennis squash
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