drive is the dictionary form of drove 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

motor

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 ] 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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[ 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

Examples

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

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[ verb ] cause to move back by force or influence

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

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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[ verb ] (work,transportation) move into a certain direction; of a car

Synonyms

pull motor

Examples

"The van pulled up"

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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

driving

Examples

"he sliced his drive out of bounds"

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[ verb ] move into a desired direction of discourse

Synonyms

aim get

Examples

"What are you driving at?"

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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

ride

Examples

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

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[ 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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[ verb ] have certain properties when driven

Synonyms

ride

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

tool

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 ] proceed along in a vehicle

Synonyms

take

Examples

"We drive the turnpike to work"

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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

parkway

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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