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drive in WordNet English dictionary
verb- move into a desired direction of discourse
"What are you driving at?"
drive get aim
- cause to move back by force or influence
"repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
repel drive repulse force back push back beat back
- hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
"drive the game"
drive
- hunting: search for game
"drive the forest"
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"
drive
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
"She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
force drive ram
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
"drive the ball far out into the field"
drive
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
"drive a ball"
drive
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
"drive a golf ball"
drive
- excavate horizontally
"drive a tunnel"
drive
- push, propel, or press with force
"Drive a nail into the wall"
drive
- compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
"She finally drove him to change jobs"
drive
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
"We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
drive motor
- operate or control a vehicle
"drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
drive
- cause someone or something to move by driving
"She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
drive
- move by being propelled by a force
"The car drove around the corner"
drive
- urge forward
"drive the cows into the barn"
drive
- proceed along in a vehicle
"We drive the turnpike to work"
drive take
- 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"
tug labor labour push drive
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
"She is driven by her passion"
drive
- work as a driver
"He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
drive
- have certain properties when driven
"This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"
drive ride
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"
campaign cause crusade drive movement effort
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
"he took the family for a drive in his new car"
drive ride
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
"he sliced his drive out of bounds"
drive driving
- the act of applying force to propel something
"after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
drive thrust driving force
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
drive
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
drive
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
"the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"
drive parkway
- a road leading up to a private house
"they parked in the driveway"
driveway drive private road
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
"a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"
drive
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
drive
- the trait of being highly motivated
"his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"
drive
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
drive
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University