drive

Plural: drives

Noun

• the act of applying force to propel something
  • "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
  • "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
  • "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"
• a road leading up to a private house
  • "they parked in the driveway"
• the trait of being highly motivated
  • "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"
• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
  • "he sliced his drive out of bounds"
• the act of driving a herd of animals overland
• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
  • "he took the family for a drive in his new car"
• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
• a wide scenic road planted with trees
  • "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"
• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
• Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
• Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
• An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.
• An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
• An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.
• An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
• A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
• A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
• A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
• A driveway.
• A type of public roadway.
• The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
• A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
• Desire or interest.
• An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
• A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
• A stroke made with a driver.
• A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
• A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
• A straight level shot or pass.
• An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
• A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
• A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service.
• An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
• A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
• Friendly term of address for a bus driver.

Verb

Verb Forms: drove, drave, driven, driving, drives

• To operate a vehicle; to urge forward.
• operate or control a vehicle
  • "drive a car or bus"
  • "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
• travel or be transported in a vehicle
• cause someone or something to move by driving
• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  • "He drives me mad"
• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
  • "She is driven by her passion"
• cause to move back by force or influence
• compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
• push, propel, or press with force
  • "Drive a nail into the wall"
• cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
  • "drive the ball far out into the field"
• strive and make an effort to reach a goal
• move into a desired direction of discourse
• have certain properties when driven
  • "My new truck drives well"
• work as a driver
  • "He drives a bread truck"
  • "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
• move by being propelled by a force
• urge forward
  • "drive the cows into the barn"
• proceed along in a vehicle
  • "We drive the turnpike to work"
• strike with a driver, as in teeing off
  • "drive a golf ball"
• hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
  • "drive a ball"
• excavate horizontally
  • "drive a tunnel"
• 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"
• hunting: search for game
  • "drive the forest"
• hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
  • "drive the game"
• To operate a vehicle:
• To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
• To operate a vehicle:
• To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
• To operate a vehicle:
• To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
• To operate a vehicle:
• To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
• To operate a vehicle:
• To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
• To compel to move:
• (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
• To compel to move:
• (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
• To cause to move by the application of physical force:
• To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
• To cause to move by the application of physical force:
• To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
• To cause to move by the application of physical force:
• To hit the ball with a drive.
• To cause to move by the application of physical force:
• To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
• To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
• To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
• To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
• To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
• To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
• To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
• To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
• To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
• To cause to become.
• To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
• To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
• To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
• To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
• To move forcefully.
• To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
• To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
• To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
• To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
• To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
• To distrain for rent.
• To be the dominant party in a sex act.

Examples

• a beetle drive
• a nuclear drive
• a typical steam drive
• a whist drive
• Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
• chain drive
• Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
• drive a 737
• front-wheel drive
• Frothing at the mouth and threatening expulsion, Coach relentlessly drove the team to more laps of the pitch.
• He tried to drive home the advantage, but his opponent blocked every play.
• I drive to work every day.
• If you drive yourself so much, you'll end up having a breakdown.
• It was a long drive.
• My cousin drove me to the airport.
• My husband's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
• Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
• Normally you should be in drive, although you can select a lower gear such as 2 or 1 for certain conditions, such as prolonged downhill stretches.
• Some old model trains have clockwork drives.
• The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.
• The hunting dog drove the birds out of the tall grass.
• The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.
• The negotiations were driven to completion minutes before the final deadline.
• The pistons drive the crankshaft.
• Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
• This constant complaining is going to drive me insane.
• This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.
• to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field
• vaccination drive
• We'll drive the enemy from these lands once and for all.
• What drives a person to run a marathon?
• You are driving me crazy!
• You drive nails into wood with any hammer; it's not as strenuous as driving a tunnel through the rock.

Synonyms

aim, beat back, campaign, cause, crusade, driveway, driving, driving force, effort, force, force back, get, labor, labour, motor, movement, parkway, private road, push, push back, ram, repel, repulse, ride, take, thrust, tug, abet, actuate, ambition, approach, attack, avenue, boulevard, bring about, browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, carry on, cheer, coerce, compel, continue, cow, dastardize, daunt, desire, dishearten, disk drive, do down, dominate, domineer, drift#Noun, drive, drove, drove#Noun, egg on, empty, encourage, engender, engine, evacuate, evoke, excite, flush, flush out, fly, foment, gear, get-up-and-go, goad, grill, grit, hector, herd, ignite, impel, impetus, impulse, incentivise, incentivize, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, intimidate, invoke, lash, make, menace, motivate, motivation, motive, motorvate, move, obligate, oblige, onrush, operate, pilot, plough, promote, prompt, provoke, pursue, render, require, road, rouse, scare up, self-motivation, send, set off, spark off, spin, spur, spur on, stimulate, sting, stir, stir up, stoke, street, strong-arm, tempt, threaten, trip, tunnel, urge, verve, void, whet, whip up

Antonyms

attract, inertia, lack of motivation, laziness, phlegm, sloth

Related Words

drave, drift, drove, DRIVABLE