[ UK /dɹˈa‍ɪv/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹaɪv/ ]
VERB
  1. (hunting) search for game
    drive the forest
  2. hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
    drive a ball
  3. excavate horizontally
    drive a tunnel
  4. push, propel, or press with force
    Drive a nail into the wall
  5. to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
    She is driven by her passion
  6. cause someone or something to move by driving
    We drove the car to the garage
    She drove me to school every day
  7. (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
    drive the game
  8. 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
  9. operate or control a vehicle
    drive a car or bus
    Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
  10. move into a desired direction of discourse
    What are you driving at?
  11. compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
    She finally drove him to change jobs
  12. work as a driver
    He drives a bread truck
    She drives for the taxi company in Newark
  13. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
    She rammed her mind into focus
    He drives me mad
  14. strike with a driver, as in teeing off
    drive a golf ball
  15. cause to move back by force or influence
    beat back the invaders
    push back the urge to smoke
    repel the enemy
  16. urge forward
    drive the cows into the barn
  17. have certain properties when driven
    This car rides smoothly
    My new truck drives well
  18. travel or be transported in a vehicle
    They motored to London for the theater
    We drove to the university every morning
  19. proceed along in a vehicle
    We drive the turnpike to work
  20. 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
  21. cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
    drive the ball far out into the field
  22. move by being propelled by a force
    The car drove around the corner
NOUN
  1. a wide scenic road planted with trees
    the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views
  2. the act of driving a herd of animals overland
  3. 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
  4. (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
  5. a road leading up to a private house
    they parked in the driveway
  6. (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
  7. the act of applying force to propel something
    after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
  8. a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
  9. hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
    he sliced his drive out of bounds
  10. a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
    a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
  11. a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
    he took the family for a drive in his new car
  12. the trait of being highly motivated
    his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
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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.
  • 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.
  • The firm employs ten people and hires drivers when required.
  • There was no mail coach -- no driver in scarlet -- no mail guard -- no passengers, but only a ramshackle iron mail cart -- a "postboy" as driver and carrying no arms. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time
  • - PBL Media and ninemsn jointly purchased 35% of 3P the owner of Mathletics, a subscription driven website that has 400K students in Aust + NZ using it. 400K Mathletics X $99 Per Annum = 35% ninemsn.
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