DRIVE

Definition of DRIVE

  1. (verb)operate or control a vehicle
  2. (verb)travel or be transported in a vehicle
  3. (verb)cause someone or something to move by driving
  4. (verb)force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  5. (verb)to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
  6. (verb)cause to move back by force or influence
  7. (verb)compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
  8. (verb)push, propel, or press with force
  9. (verb)cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
  10. (verb)strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  11. (verb)move into a desired direction of discourse
  12. (verb)have certain properties when driven
  13. (verb)work as a driver
  14. (verb)move by being propelled by a force
  15. (verb)urge forward
  16. (verb)proceed along in a vehicle
  17. (verb)strike with a driver, as in teeing off
  18. (verb)hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
  19. (verb)excavate horizontally
  20. (verb)cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
  21. (verb)(hunting) search for game
  22. (verb)(hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
  23. (noun)the act of applying force to propel something
  24. (noun)a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
  25. (noun)a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
  26. (noun)a road leading up to a private house
  27. (noun)the trait of being highly motivated
  28. (noun)hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
  29. (noun)the act of driving a herd of animals overland
  30. (noun)a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
  31. (noun)a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
  32. (noun)(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
  33. (noun)a wide scenic road planted with trees
  34. (noun)(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)