Synonyms: drive, driving force, thrust
Definition: the act of applying force to propel something
Usage: after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
Similar words: actuation, propulsion
Definition: the act of propelling
Definition: a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
Usage: he took the family for a drive in his new car
Similar words: journey, journeying
Definition: the act of traveling from one place to another
Synonyms: drive
Definition: the act of driving a herd of animals overland
Similar words: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
Definition: the act of moving something from one location to another
Synonyms: drive
Definition: (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Similar words: return
Definition: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
Usage: he won the point on a cross-court return
Definition: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
Usage: he sliced his drive out of bounds
Similar words: swing, golf shot, golf stroke
Definition: the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: venture
Definition: any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
Definition: a wide scenic road planted with trees
Usage: the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views
Synonyms: drive
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
Similar words: mechanism
Definition: device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
Synonyms: drive
Definition: (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
Similar words: device
Definition: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Usage: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water
Synonyms: drive, driveway, private road
Definition: a road leading up to a private house
Usage: they parked in the driveway
Synonyms: drive
Definition: the trait of being highly motivated
Usage: his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
Similar words: trait
Definition: a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
Synonyms: drive
Definition: a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
Similar words: physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
Definition: the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
Definition: move into a desired direction of discourse
Usage: What are you driving at?
Definition: mean or intend to express or convey
Usage: You never understand what I mean!; what do his words intend?
Synonyms: drive
Definition: hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
Usage: drive the game
Similar words: track down, run, hunt, hunt down
Definition: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Usage: Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland; The dogs are running deer; The Duke hunted in these woods
Synonyms: drive
Definition: hunting: search for game
Usage: drive the forest
Similar words: track down, run, hunt, hunt down
Definition: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Usage: Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland; The dogs are running deer; The Duke hunted in these woods
Synonyms: drive
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
Similar words: power
Definition: supply the force or power for the functioning of
Usage: The gasoline powers the engines
Synonyms: drive
Definition: excavate horizontally
Usage: drive a tunnel
Similar words: dig, excavate, hollow
Definition: remove the inner part or the core of
Usage: the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
Synonyms: drive
Definition: hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
Usage: drive a ball
Synonyms: drive
Definition: strike with a driver, as in teeing off
Usage: drive a golf ball
Synonyms: 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
Synonyms: drive
Definition: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
Usage: drive the ball far out into the field
Synonyms: drive
Definition: push, propel, or press with force
Usage: Drive a nail into the wall
Definition: cause to move forward with force
Usage: Steam propels this ship
Definition: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Usage: She rammed her mind into focus; He drives me mad
Synonyms: drive
Definition: compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
Usage: She finally drove him to change jobs
Similar words: make
Definition: compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
Usage: People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!; Heat makes you sweat
Definition: travel or be transported in a vehicle
Usage: We drove to the university every morning; They motored to London for the theater
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Definition: proceed along in a vehicle
Usage: We drive the turnpike to work
Similar words: pass over, track, traverse, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over
Definition: travel across or pass over
Usage: The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
Synonyms: drive
Definition: operate or control a vehicle
Usage: drive a car or bus; Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
Similar words: operate, control
Definition: handle and cause to function
Usage: do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol; control the lever
Synonyms: drive
Definition: urge forward
Usage: drive the cows into the barn
Synonyms: 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
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: drive
Definition: move by being propelled by a force
Usage: The car drove around the corner
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Similar words: drive
Definition: operate or control a vehicle
Usage: drive a car or bus; Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: fight, struggle
Definition: make a strenuous or labored effort
Usage: She struggled for years to survive without welfare; He fought for breath
Synonyms: drive
Definition: work as a driver
Usage: He drives a bread truck; She drives for the taxi company in Newark
Definition: be employed
Usage: Is your husband working again?; My wife never worked; Do you want to work after the age of 60?; She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money; She works as a waitress to put herself through college
Synonyms: drive
Definition: to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
Usage: She is driven by her passion
Similar words: squeeze, pressure, force, hale, coerce
Definition: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
Usage: He squeezed her for information