drive is the dictionary form of driven Definition of drive
drive has definitions from the fields of computer science,sport,golf,cricket,work,tennis,housing,mining,transportation |
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[ 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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[ verb ] (transportation) travel or be transported in a vehicle
Synonyms Examples "We drove to the university every morning" "They motored to London for the theater" |
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[ 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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[ 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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[ noun ] the act of applying force to propel something
Synonyms Examples "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" |
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[ verb ] cause to move back by force or influence
Synonyms Examples "repel the enemy" "push back the urge to smoke" "beat back the invaders" |
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[ 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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[ 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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[ noun ] a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
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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[ noun ] (housing,transportation) a road leading up to a private house
Synonyms Examples "they parked in the driveway" |
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[ verb ] cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
Examples "drive the ball far out into the field" |
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[ verb ] push, propel, or press with force
Examples "Drive the cows into the stable" |
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[ noun ] the trait of being highly motivated
Examples "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers" |
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[ noun ] (sport,golf) hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
Synonyms Examples "he sliced his drive out of bounds" |
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[ noun ] (transportation) the act of driving a herd of animals overland
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[ noun ] (transportation) a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else
Synonyms Examples "he took the family for a drive in his new car" |
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[ verb ] have certain properties when driven
Synonyms Examples "This car rides smoothly" "My new truck drives well" |
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[ verb ] (work,transportation) move by being propelled by a force
Examples "The car drove around the corner" |
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[ verb ] (mining) mining: excavate horizontally
Examples "drive a tunnel" |
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[ verb ] (work) work as a driver
Examples "He drives a bread truck" "She drives for the taxi company in Newark" |
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[ verb ] (golf) golf: strike with a driver, as in teeing off
Examples "drive a golfball" |
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[ verb ] (cricket) cricket: hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically
Examples : "drive a ball" |
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[ 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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[ noun ] (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
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[ noun ] a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
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[ verb ] (work,transportation) informal: drive (a vehicle)
Synonyms Examples "The convertible tooled down the street" |
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[ verb ] hunting: search for game
Examples "drive the forest" |
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[ verb ] hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
Examples "drive the game" |
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[ verb ] urge forward
Examples "drive the cows into the barn" |
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[ noun ] (transportation) a wide scenic road planted with trees
Synonyms Examples "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" |
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[ noun ] (sport,tennis) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
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