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drive

English

  1. 🔊 the act of applying force to propel something
    “after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”
  2. 🔊 a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
    “he took the family for a drive in his new car”
  3. 🔊 the act of driving a herd of animals overland
  4. 🔊 (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
  5. 🔊 hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
    “he sliced his drive out of bounds”
  6. 🔊 a wide scenic road planted with trees
    “the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views”
  7. 🔊 a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
    “a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds”
  8. 🔊 (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
  9. 🔊 the trait of being highly motivated
    “his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers”
  10. 🔊 a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
  11. 🔊 a road leading up to a private house
    “they parked in the driveway”
  12. 🔊 a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
    “he supported populist campaigns”
  13. 🔊 move into a desired direction of discourse
    “What are you driving at?”
  14. 🔊 (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
    “drive the game”
  15. 🔊 (hunting) search for game
    “drive the forest”
  16. 🔊 cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
    “The amplifier drives the tube”
  17. 🔊 excavate horizontally
    “drive a tunnel”
  18. 🔊 hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
    “drive a ball”
  19. 🔊 strike with a driver, as in teeing off
    “drive a golf ball”
  20. 🔊 cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
    “drive the ball far out into the field”
  21. 🔊 push, propel, or press with force
    “Drive a nail into the wall”
  22. 🔊 compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
    “She finally drove him to change jobs”
  23. 🔊 travel or be transported in a vehicle
    “We drove to the university every morning”
  24. 🔊 proceed along in a vehicle
    “We drive the turnpike to work”
  25. 🔊 operate or control a vehicle
    “drive a car or bus”
  26. 🔊 urge forward
    “drive the cows into the barn”
  27. 🔊 cause someone or something to move by driving
    “She drove me to school every day”
  28. 🔊 move by being propelled by a force
    “The car drove around the corner”
  29. 🔊 work as a driver
    “He drives a bread truck”
  30. 🔊 to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
    “She is driven by her passion”
  31. 🔊 have certain properties when driven
    “This car rides smoothly”
  32. 🔊 cause to move back by force or influence
    “repel the enemy”
  33. 🔊 force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
    “She rammed her mind into focus”
  34. 🔊 strive and make an effort to reach a goal
    “She tugged for years to make a decent living”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 impulsión drive
  2. 🔊 impulso drive, urge
  3. 🔊 guiar to drive, to steer
  4. 🔊 arrear to drive, herd (livestock)
  5. 🔊 pulsión drive, impulse, motivation
  6. 🔊 impulsar to drive, to motivate, encourage, to impel

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