drive

Definitions of drive in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of applying force to propel something

noun - a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine

noun - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

noun - a road leading up to a private house

noun - the trait of being highly motivated

noun - hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

noun - the act of driving a herd of animals overland

noun - a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

noun - a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

noun - (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

noun - a wide scenic road planted with trees

noun - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

verb - operate or control a vehicle

verb - travel or be transported in a vehicle

verb - cause someone or something to move by driving

verb - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

verb - to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly

verb - cause to move back by force or influence

verb - compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment

verb - push, propel, or press with force

verb - cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

verb - strive and make an effort to reach a goal

verb - move into a desired direction of discourse

verb - have certain properties when driven

verb - work as a driver

verb - move by being propelled by a force

verb - urge forward

verb - proceed along in a vehicle

verb - strike with a driver, as in teeing off

verb - hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

verb - excavate horizontally

verb - cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling

verb - hunting: search for game

verb - hunting: chase from cover into more open ground

To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward: drove the horses into the corral.

To repulse forcefully; put to flight: drove the attackers away; drove out any thought of failure.

To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).

To convey or transport in a vehicle: drove the children to school.

To traverse in a vehicle: drive the freeways to work.

To supply the motive force or power to and cause to function: Steam drives the engine.

To compel or force to work, often excessively: “Every serious dancer is driven by notions of perfection—perfect expressiveness, perfect technique” (Susan Sontag).

To force into or from a particular act or state: Indecision drives me crazy.

To force to go through or penetrate: drove the stake into the ground.

To create or produce by penetrating forcibly: The nail drove a hole in the tire.

To carry through vigorously to a conclusion: drove home his point.

To throw, strike, or cast (a ball, for example) hard or rapidly.

To move with the ball directly through: drove the lane and scored.

To cause (a run) to be scored.

To chase (game) into the open or into traps or nets.

To search (an area) for game in such a manner.

To move along or advance quickly as if pushed by an impelling force.

To rush, dash, or advance violently against an obstruction: The wind drove into my face.

To operate a vehicle, such as a car.

To go or be transported in a vehicle: drove to the supermarket.

To hit, throw, or impel a ball or other missile forcibly.

To move directly to the basket with the ball.

To make an effort to reach or achieve an objective; aim.

The act of driving.

A trip or journey in a vehicle.

Abbr.

A road for automobiles and other vehicles.

The means or apparatus for transmitting motion or power to a machine or from one machine part to another.

The means by which automotive power is applied to a roadway: four-wheel drive.

The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile: righthand drive.

A device that reads data from and writes data onto a storage medium, such as a floppy disk.

A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose.

Energy, push, or aggressiveness.

A strong motivating tendency or instinct, especially of sexual or aggressive origin, that prompts activity toward a particular end.

A massive, sustained military offensive.

The act of hitting, knocking, or thrusting a ball very swiftly.

The stroke or thrust by which a ball is driven.

The act of moving with the ball directly to the basket.

A rounding up and driving of cattle to new pastures or to market.

A gathering and driving of logs down a river.

The cattle or logs thus driven.

adj - to urge or propel forward [v DROVE or DRAVE, DRIVEN, DRIVING, DRIVES] : DRIVABLE