drive

A1
Pronunciation
/ˈdrīv/
Noun
23 definition(s)
1 Definition

golf : to drive a golf ball

Example Sentences
  • drove down the fairway
2 Definition

an act of driving:

3 Definition

a trip in a carriage or automobile

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  • a short drive to the coast
4 Definition

an instance of collecting and moving animals (such as game or cattle) together in a desired direction

5 Definition

a driving of cattle or sheep overland

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a hunt or shoot in which the game is driven within the hunter's range

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the guiding of logs downstream to a mill

8 Definition

the act or an instance of propelling an object of play (such as a golf ball) swiftly or forcefully

9 Definition

the flight of a ball

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  • a high drive to left field
10 Definition

a private road : driveway

11 Definition

a public road for driving (as in a park)

12 Definition

the state of being hurried and under pressure

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  • … elude the ruthless drive of work and worry.—S. H. Adams
13 Definition

a strong systematic group effort

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  • The school held a food drive [=an event to collect food items for donation] to benefit the local shelter.
14 Definition

a sustained offensive (see offensive entry 1 sense 1) effort

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  • the drive ended in a touchdown
15 Definition

mechanical engineering : the means for giving motion to a machine or machine part

16 Definition

the means by which the propulsive power of an automobile is applied to the road

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  • front wheel drive
17 Definition

the means by which the propulsion of an automotive vehicle is controlled and directed

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  • a left-hand drive
18 Definition

an offensive, aggressive, or expansionist move

19 Definition

basketball : a quick and aggressive move toward the basket

20 Definition

biology : an urgent, basic, or instinctual need : a motivating physiological condition of an organism

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  • a sexual drive
21 Definition

an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing

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  • the drive to succeed
22 Definition

dynamic quality

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  • … his drive and enthusiasm overcame all obstacles …—Times Literary Supplement (London)
23 Definition

computers : a device for reading or writing on magnetic, optical, or electronic media (such as tapes, disks, or flash memory)

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  • … the disk defragmenter doesn't just defrag a given drive… —Barry Brenesal
Verb
26 definition(s)
1 Definition

to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction

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  • drive cattle across the prairie
2 Definition

hunting : to go through (an area) driving game animals

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  • drive the other side of the mountain
3 Definition

to carry on or through energetically

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  • drives a hard bargain
4 Definition

to impart a forward motion to by physical force

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  • drive the nail into the beam
5 Definition

to repulse, remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence

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  • drive the enemy back
6 Definition

to set or keep in motion or operation

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  • drive machinery by electricity
7 Definition

basketball : to move quickly and forcefully down or along

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  • drive the baseline
8 Definition

to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal)

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  • drive an ox
9 Definition

to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (a vehicle)

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  • drive a car
10 Definition

to convey in a vehicle

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  • His father drove me home.
11 Definition

to float (logs) down a stream

12 Definition

to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : force

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  • driven by his passions
13 Definition

to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state) see also drive (someone) bananas, drive (someone) nuts,drive (someone) up the wall

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  • The competition drove them out of business.
14 Definition

to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion

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  • the sergeant drove his recruits
15 Definition

to press or force into an activity, course, or direction

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  • Ambition drives them to succeed.
16 Definition

to project, inject, or impress incisively

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  • drove her point home
17 Definition

mining : to force (a passage) by pressing or digging

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  • drive a tunnel
18 Definition

to propel (an object of play) swiftly or forcefully

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  • drove a long fly ball to the warning track
19 Definition

golf : to hit (a ball) from the tee especially with a driver (see driver sense f)

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  • drove the ball down the fairway
20 Definition

baseball : to cause (a run or runner) to be scored (see score entry 2 sense 4a(2)) —usually used with in

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  • drove him in with a single
21 Definition

to give shape or impulse to

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  • the ideas that have driven history
22 Definition

to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently

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  • rudely drove past her
23 Definition

to progress with strong momentum

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  • the rain was driving hard
24 Definition

basketball : to make a quick and forceful move

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  • driving to the hoop
25 Definition

to operate a vehicle

Example Sentences
  • learned to drive at the age of seventeen
26 Definition

to have oneself carried in a vehicle

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  • drove to Canada as a kid