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