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1. | [ verb ] (work,transportation) operate or control a vehicle | |
Examples: | "drive a car or bus" "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | throw repel | |
13. | [ verb ] push, propel, or press with force | |
Examples: | "Drive the cows into the stable" |
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Related terms: | propel driving | |
14. | [ verb ] (work,transportation) move into a certain direction; of a car | |
Synonyms: | pull motor | |
Examples: | "The van pulled up" |
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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" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | golf_stroke | |
17. | [ verb ] move into a desired direction of discourse | |
Synonyms: | aim get | |
Examples: | "What are you driving at?" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | ride driveway | |
22. | [ verb ] (work,transportation) move by being propelled by a force | |
Examples: | "The car drove around the corner" |
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Related terms: | travel pull | |
23. | [ verb ] (mining) mining: excavate horizontally | |
Examples: | "drive a tunnel" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | work driver | |
25. | [ verb ] (golf) golf: strike with a driver, as in teeing off | |
Examples: | "drive a golfball" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | travel pull joyride | |
31. | [ verb ] hunting: search for game | |
Examples: | "drive the forest" |
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Related terms: | hunt | |
32. | [ verb ] proceed along in a vehicle | |
Synonyms: | take | |
Examples: | "We drive the turnpike to work" |
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Related terms: | traverse driving pull driveway | |
33. | [ verb ] hunting: chase from cover into more open ground | |
Examples: | "drive the game" |
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Related terms: | hunt | |
34. | [ verb ] urge forward | |
Examples: | "drive the cows into the barn" |
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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" |
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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 | |
Similar spelling: |
drive-in drive_in Drovin driving |