Main entry: drive, driving force, thrust
Definition: the act of applying force to propel something
Usage: after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
Definition: a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
Usage: he took the family for a drive in his new car
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Definition: the act of driving a herd of animals overland
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Definition: (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Definition: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
Usage: he sliced his drive out of bounds
Main entry: movement, campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
Definition: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Usage: he supported populist campaigns; they worked in the cause of world peace; the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant; the movement to end slavery; contributed to the war effort
Definition: a wide scenic road planted with trees
Usage: the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views
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Definition: a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
Usage: a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
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Definition: (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
Main entry: drive, driveway, private road
Definition: a road leading up to a private house
Usage: they parked in the driveway
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Definition: the trait of being highly motivated
Usage: his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
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Definition: a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
Definition: move into a desired direction of discourse
Usage: What are you driving at?
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Definition: hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
Usage: drive the game
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Definition: hunting: search for game
Usage: drive the forest
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Definition: cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
Usage: The amplifier drives the tube; steam drives the engines; this device drives the disks for the computer
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Definition: excavate horizontally
Usage: drive a tunnel
Main entry: drive
Definition: hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
Usage: drive a ball
Main entry: drive
Definition: strike with a driver, as in teeing off
Usage: drive a golf ball
Main entry: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse
Definition: cause to move back by force or influence
Usage: repel the enemy; push back the urge to smoke; beat back the invaders
Main entry: drive
Definition: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
Usage: drive the ball far out into the field
Main entry: drive
Definition: push, propel, or press with force
Usage: Drive a nail into the wall
Definition: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Usage: She rammed her mind into focus; He drives me mad
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Definition: compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
Usage: She finally drove him to change jobs
Definition: travel or be transported in a vehicle
Usage: We drove to the university every morning; They motored to London for the theater
Definition: proceed along in a vehicle
Usage: We drive the turnpike to work
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Definition: operate or control a vehicle
Usage: drive a car or bus; Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
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Definition: urge forward
Usage: drive the cows into the barn
Main entry: drive
Definition: cause someone or something to move by driving
Usage: She drove me to school every day; We drove the car to the garage
Main entry: drive
Definition: move by being propelled by a force
Usage: The car drove around the corner
Main entry: labor, labour, push, tug, drive
Definition: strive and make an effort to reach a goal
Usage: She tugged for years to make a decent living; We have to push a little to make the deadline!; She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
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Definition: work as a driver
Usage: He drives a bread truck; She drives for the taxi company in Newark
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Definition: to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
Usage: She is driven by her passion
Definition: have certain properties when driven
Usage: This car rides smoothly; My new truck drives well