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UK
/dɹˈaɪv/
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[ US /ˈdɹaɪv/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹaɪv/ ]
VERB
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(hunting) search for game
drive the forest -
hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
drive a ball -
excavate horizontally
drive a tunnel -
push, propel, or press with force
Drive a nail into the wall -
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
She is driven by her passion -
cause someone or something to move by driving
We drove the car to the garage
She drove me to school every day -
(hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
drive the game -
cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
The amplifier drives the tube
this device drives the disks for the computer
steam drives the engines -
operate or control a vehicle
drive a car or bus
Can you drive this four-wheel truck? -
move into a desired direction of discourse
What are you driving at? -
compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
She finally drove him to change jobs -
work as a driver
He drives a bread truck
She drives for the taxi company in Newark -
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
She rammed her mind into focus
He drives me mad -
strike with a driver, as in teeing off
drive a golf ball -
cause to move back by force or influence
beat back the invaders
push back the urge to smoke
repel the enemy -
urge forward
drive the cows into the barn -
have certain properties when driven
This car rides smoothly
My new truck drives well -
travel or be transported in a vehicle
They motored to London for the theater
We drove to the university every morning -
proceed along in a vehicle
We drive the turnpike to work -
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
We have to push a little to make the deadline!
She tugged for years to make a decent living
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis -
cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
drive the ball far out into the field -
move by being propelled by a force
The car drove around the corner
NOUN
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a wide scenic road planted with trees
the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views - the act of driving a herd of animals overland
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a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
contributed to the war effort
the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
he supported populist campaigns
they worked in the cause of world peace
the movement to end slavery - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
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a road leading up to a private house
they parked in the driveway - (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
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the act of applying force to propel something
after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off - a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
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hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
he sliced his drive out of bounds -
a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds -
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
he took the family for a drive in his new car -
the trait of being highly motivated
his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
How To Use drive In A Sentence
- Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
- I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
- Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river. Brisbane residents flee homes as floodwaters rise
- The driver braked abruptly, causing the car to skid a little.
- A bit of background about me - I do hardware, firmware, and driver development by profession, so I think I'm qualified to provide a guess as to what and where it went wrong: for any computer, there's the initial "bootloader," which is what we commonly refer to as Discussions: Message List - root
- The driver was not mollified, not even a little bit.
- The use of steam-driven bellows in blast furnaces helped ironmakers switch over from charcoal (limited in quantity) to coke, which is made from coal, in the smelting of pig iron.
- We drove home in silence and, when he parked in our long driveway, I stopped to pluck some ixora flowers while Nnamabia unlocked the front door. Excerpt: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- As a streaming technology, tape drives work best when data is coming to them at their rated speed.
- Dab a little wood glue into the hole, insert the dowel, and drive a 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch screw through the back of the wood to secure the dowel.
