driven
/ˈdrɪvn
/verb
past participle of drive.
adjective
1 [in combination] Operated, moved, or controlled by a specified person or source of power: a chauffeur-driven limousine wind-driven sand
1.1Motivated or determined by a specified factor or feeling: a market-driven response to customer needs
1.2(Of a person) relentlessly compelled by the need to accomplish a goal; very hard-working and ambitious: my husband is a driven man...
- Most of my classmates, in fact, turned out to be similarly driven.
- The new breed is full of confidence, driven by restless ambition.
- He is driven to find his captured niece Debbie, who was kidnapped by marauding Comanches.
2(Of snow) piled into drifts or made smooth by the wind: figurative she was as pure as the driven snow...
- It seemed a remarkably interesting change from blue-collar soldiers and pure patriotic ‘pure as the driven snow’ operatives.
- His assassins' motives were as pure as the driven slush.
- You have posted twice on this board to tout both your article ‘pure as the driven snow’ and yourself.
