drive

Noun

• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

• a wide scenic road planted with trees
  • the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views
    

• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

• 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

• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
  • he sliced his drive out of bounds
    

• the trait of being highly motivated
  • his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
    

• 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
    
  • 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
    

• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
  • a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
    

• the act of applying force to propel something
  • after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
    

Verb

• 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
    
  • steam drives the engines
    
  • this device drives the disks for the computer
    

• 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
    

• proceed along in a vehicle
  • We drive the turnpike to work
    

• urge forward
  • drive the cows into the barn
    

• move by being propelled by a force
  • The car drove around the corner
    

• work as a driver
  • He drives a bread truck
    
  • She drives for the taxi company in Newark
    

• have certain properties when driven
  • This car rides smoothly
    
  • My new truck drives well
    

• move into a desired direction of discourse
  • What are you driving at?
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• cause to move back by force or influence
  • repel the enemy
    
  • push back the urge to smoke
    
  • beat back the invaders
    

• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
  • She is driven by her passion
    

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  • She rammed her mind into focus
    
  • He drives me mad
    

• cause someone or something to move by driving
  • She drove me to school every day
    
  • We drove the car to the garage
    

• travel or be transported in a vehicle
  • We drove to the university every morning
    
  • They motored to London for the theater
    

• operate or control a vehicle
  • drive a car or bus
    
  • Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  parkway , ride , driving , driveway , private road , campaign , cause , crusade , movement , effort , thrust , driving force , take , get , aim , tug , labor , labour , push , repel , repulse , force back , push back , beat back , force , ram , motor
• Antonyms: 
  attract , pull , pull in , draw , draw in