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DRIVE

Definition:

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

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Related Words:

• coach
• test drive
• drive
• tool
• pull
• drive around, chauffeur
• toe, toenail
• strive, reach, strain
• pull
• mush
• firewall
• impulse, impulsion, impetus
• fusee drive, fusee
• advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz
• anti-war movement
• consumerism
• campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign
• ecumenical movement
• fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort
• feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib
• gay liberation movement, gay lib
• lost cause
• reform
• war
• youth movement, youth crusade
• action
• enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead
• ambition, ambitiousness
• energy, push, get-up-and-go
• aggressiveness
• cattle drive
• lift
• joyride
• spin
• hunger, hungriness
• thirst
• sex drive
• hypoxia
• CD drive
• CD-ROM drive
• disk drive, disc drive, hard drive, Winchester drive
• external drive
• internal drive
• RAM disk
• forehand drive
• backhand drive

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