drive /drīv/

1. To urge along
2. To hurry on
3. To control or guide the movements or operations of
4. To convey or carry in a vehicle
5. To urge or force in or through
6. To push briskly
7. To provide motive power to
8. To urge (a point of argument)
9. To carry through (eg a bargain)
10. To impel
11. To compel
12. To send away with force, eg a ball, esp (golf) to play from the tee or with a driver, (cricket) to hit strongly in front of the wicket, and (tennis) to return forcibly underarm
13. To chase
14. To excavate (eg a tunnel)
15. To sort out (feathers) in a current of air

1. To control an engine, vehicle or draught animal, etc
2. To press forward with violence
3. To be forced along (like a ship before the wind)
4. To be driven
5. To go in a motor vehicle or carriage
6. To aim or tend towards a point (with at)
7. To strike with a sword or the fist, etc (with at)

1. An excursion in a vehicle
2. A road for driving on, esp the approach to a house within its own grounds
3. (with cap) used in street names generally
4. A driving stroke (sport)
5. Impulse
6. Impulsive force
7. Power of getting things done
8. A motivational concept used to describe changes in responsiveness to a consistent external stimulus (behaviourism)
9. The chasing of game towards the shooters, or the sport so obtained, or the ground over which the game is driven
10. Pushing sales by reducing prices
11. An organized campaign to attain any end
12. A meeting in order to play certain games, eg whist
13. Apparatus for driving
14. A disk drive (computing)

drivabilˈity or driveabilˈity noun

drivˈable or driveˈable adjective

drivˈen adjective (informal)

Ambitious or highly motivated

drivˈer noun

1. A person or thing that drives, in all senses
2. A golf club with a metal or wooden head used to hit the ball from the tee
3. A factor that facilitates the success of a strategy (commercial jargon)

drivˈerless adjective

Running or able to run, without a driver

drivˈing noun

The act of driving

1. (of rain, etc) heavy and windblown
2. Motivating
3. Directing

driveˈ-by adjective (informal, chiefly N American)

Denoting a crime, esp a shooting, committed from a moving vehicle (also noun)

driveˈ-in noun

A refreshment stop, store, cinema, etc where patrons are catered for while still remaining in their motor cars (also adjective)

driver ant noun

An army ant

driver's license noun (US)

Driving licence

drive shaft noun

Driving shaft

driveˈthrough noun (chiefly N American)

A shop, restaurant or bank designed so that customers can be served without leaving their cars

drive time noun

1. The time taken to complete a journey by road
2. The time of day when many people are travelling to or from work, esp when considered as part of a broadcasting schedule

drive'train noun

The parts of a vehicle that are involved in causing it to move, including the engine, gears, wheels, etc

driveˈway noun

1. A carriage-drive
2. A drive, esp connecting a house or other premises with the public road

drivˈing-band noun

The band or strap that communicates motion from one machine, or part of a machine, to another

drivˈing-box noun

A box on which a driver sits

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