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   Drive

   /drīv/

   

   verb

   • 1. operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle: "he got into his car and drove off" Similar operatepilotsteerhandlemanageguidedirectnavigatetravel by cargo by carmotorinformal:travel on wheelstool alongbowl alongspinOpposite walk
   • ▪ (of a motor vehicle) travel under the control of a driver: "a car drives up, and a man gets out"
   • ▪ operate and control the direction and speed of a (motor vehicle, train, etc.): "I drove the truck back to New York"
   • ▪ own or use (a specified type of motor vehicle): "Sue drives an old Chevy"
   • ▪ be licensed or competent to drive a motor vehicle: "I take it you can drive?"
   • ▪ convey (someone) in a vehicle, especially a private car: "Shelley drove him to the supermarket" Similar chauffeurrungive someone a lifttakebringferrytransportconveycarry
   • 2. propel or carry along by force in a specified direction: "the wind will drive you onshore" Similar powerpropelmovepush
   • ▪ (of wind, water, or snow) move or fall with great force: "the snow drove against him"
   • ▪ force (a stake or nail) into place by hitting or pushing it: "nails are driven through the boards" Similar hammerscrewrambangpoundsinkplungethruststabpropelknocksend
   • ▪ bore (a tunnel): "an engineer suggested driving a tunnel through the hills"
   • 3. urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction: "they drove a flock of sheep through the center of the city" Similar impelurgepressmoveget goingherdroundupshepherd
   • 4. (of a source of power) provide the energy to set and keep (an engine or piece of machinery) in motion: "turbines driven by steam"
   • ▪ (of a device) power or operate (another device): "the interface can be used to drive a printer"
   • 5. (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate: "he was driven by ambition" Similar forcecompelconstrainimpelpresspromptprecipitatecatapultobligecoercemakepressuregoadspurprod
   • ▪ bring (someone) forcibly into a specified negative state: "the thought drove him to despair"
   • ▪ force (someone) to work to an excessive extent: "you're driving yourself too hard" Similar workexertpushtaxoverworkovertaxoverburden
   • ▪ cause (something abstract) to happen or develop: "the consumer has been driving the economy for a number of years"
   • 6. (in ball games) hit or kick (the ball) hard with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot.
   • ▪ strike (a ball) from the tee, typically with a driver: "I'm driving the ball really well and my irons are good"

   noun

   • 1. a trip or journey in a car: "they went for a drive in the country" Similar excursionoutingtripjaunttourturnriderunjourneyhurlinformal:spinjoyride
   • 2. a short road leading from a public road to a house or other building: "from the window he could see right down the weedy drive to the front gate" Similar drivewayapproachaccess roadroadroadwayavenue
   • ▪ a street or road: "Hammond Drive"
   • 3. an innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need: "emotional and sexual drives" Similar urgeappetitedesireneedimpulseinstinct
   • ▪ determination and ambition to achieve something: "her drive has sustained her through some shattering personal experiences" Similar motivationambitionpushsingle-mindednesswill powerdedicationdoggednesstenacityenterpriseinitiativeenthusiasmzealcommitmentaggressionaggressivenessforcefulnessspiritenergyvigorvervevitalitylivelinessvimpepinformal:get-up-and-gozippizzazzpunchOpposite inertia
   • 4. an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a particular purpose, often to raise money: "we're planning a massive membership drive" Similar campaigncrusademovementeffortpushsurgeappeal
   • ▪ a series of offensive plays that advance the ball for the purpose of a score: "an 80-yard scoring drive"
   • 5. the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle: "he experimented with chain drive to run the propeller"
   • ▪ (in a car with automatic transmission) the position of the gear selector in which the car will move forward, changing gears automatically as required: "he threw the car into drive"
   • ▪ short for disk drive
   • 6. (in ball games) a forceful stroke made with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot against the ball: "a hard drive to left field"
   • ▪ a shot from the tee: "Greg hit a good drive at the 18th"
   • 7. an act of driving a group of animals to a particular destination: "cattle were no longer taken on long drives, but were delivered by rail"

   Word Origin Old Englishdrīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben.

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   What does it mean to drive someone into a particular state?

   • To drive someone into a particular state or situation means to force them into that state or situation. The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy. The desire or feeling that drives a person to do something, especially something extreme, is the desire or feeling that causes them to do it.

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   What is the difference between drive and ride?

   • He let drive at his pursuers. 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.

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   What does driving mean?

   • 14. to cause and guide the movement of a vehicle or animal, esp. to operate an automobile. 15. to go or travel in a driven vehicle. 16. to hit a golf ball, esp. from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron. 17. to strive vigorously toward a goal or objective. 18. to go along before an impelling force; be impelled: The ship drove before the wind.

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   What does a drive mean?

   • A drive is a wide piece of hard ground, or sometimes a private road, that leads from the road to a person's house. The boys followed Eleanor up the drive to the house. You use drive to refer to the mechanical part of a computer which reads the data on disks, or writes data onto them.

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   To drive is to operate or travel in a motor vehicle. You can drive a car, a bus, or a go-kart.

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