drive - Definition | Dictionary definition of drive

Definition of drive

Verbs

operate or control a vehicle

"drive a car or bus"

"Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"

Synonyms:: take
proceed along in a vehicle; ride
have certain properties when driven

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; coach
drive a coach; test drive
test a vehicle by driving it; drive
move by being propelled by a force; pull
move into a certain direction; tool
drive

Type of:: control, operate
handle and cause to function

travel or be transported in a vehicle

Synonyms:: motor; take
proceed along in a vehicle

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

cause someone or something to move by driving

Synonyms:: take
proceed along in a vehicle

Types:: pull
steer into a certain direction; chauffeur, drive around
drive someone in a vehicle

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

"He drives me mad"

Synonyms:: force, ram

Types:: toe, toenail
drive obliquely

Type of:: thrust
push forcefully

to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly

"She is driven by her passion"

Synonyms:: force, ram
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

Type of:: coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

cause to move back by force or influence

Synonyms:: beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse

Antonyms:: attract
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; draw, draw in, pull, pull in; retract
pull inward or towards a center; curl, curl up
shape one's body into a curl; show more antonyms...

Type of:: force, push
move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment

Synonyms:: force, ram
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

Type of:: make
compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way

push, propel, or press with force

Type of:: impel, propel
cause to move forward with force

cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

"drive the ball far out into the field"

Synonyms:: beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse
cause to move back by force or influence

Type of:: throw
propel through the air

strive and make an effort to reach a goal

Synonyms:: labor, labour, push, tug; bear on
press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action

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to exert much effort or energy; extend oneself
strain to the utmost; kill oneself, overexert oneself
strain oneself more than is healthy; bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneself
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

Type of:: fight, struggle
make a strenuous or labored effort

move into a desired direction of discourse

Synonyms:: aim, get

Type of:: intend, mean
mean or intend to express or convey

have certain properties when driven

"My new truck drives well"

Synonyms:: ride

work as a driver

"He drives a bread truck"

"She drives for the taxi company in Newark"

Type of:: do work, work
be employed

move by being propelled by a force

Types:: pull
move into a certain direction; cut in
drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; drive
operate or control a vehicle

urge forward

"drive the cows into the barn"

Types:: mush
drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)

Type of:: force, push
move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

proceed along in a vehicle

"We drive the turnpike to work"

Synonyms:: take; motor
travel or be transported in a vehicle

Type of:: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
travel across or pass over

strike with a driver, as in teeing off

"drive a golf ball"

Type of:: hit
cause to move by striking

hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

"drive a ball"

Type of:: hit
cause to move by striking

excavate horizontally

"drive a tunnel"

Type of:: dig, excavate, hollow
remove the inner part or the core of

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"

Type of:: power
supply the force or power for the functioning of

hunting: search for game

"drive the forest"

Type of:: hunt, hunt down, run, track down
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

hunting: chase from cover into more open ground

"drive the game"

Type of:: hunt, hunt down, run, track down
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

Nouns

the act of applying force to propel something

"after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

Synonyms:: driving force, thrust

Types:: firewall
(colloquial) the application of maximum thrust; impetus, impulse, impulsion
the act of applying force suddenly

Type of:: actuation, propulsion
the act of propelling

a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine

"a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"

Types:: fusee, fusee drive
a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring

Type of:: mechanism
device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

"the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"

Synonyms:: campaign, cause, crusade, effort, movement

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an organized program of advertisements; sales campaign
an advertising campaign intended to promote sales; public-relations campaign
an advertising campaign intended to improve public relations; anti-war movement
a campaign against entering or continuing a war; charm campaign
a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support; consumerism
a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers; campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign
the campaign of a candidate to be elected; front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigning
a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel; hustings
the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making); whispering campaign
the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate; stumping
campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches); fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort
a campaign to raise money for some cause; feminism, feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement
the movement aimed at equal rights for women; gay lib, gay liberation movement
the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression; lost cause
a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable; reform
a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; war
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; youth crusade, youth movement
political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people

Type of:: venture
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

a road leading up to a private house

"they parked in the driveway"

Synonyms:: driveway, private road

Type of:: road, route
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

the trait of being highly motivated

"his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"

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the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative
readiness to embark on bold new ventures; ambition, ambitiousness
a strong drive for success; aspiration
a will to succeed; power hunger, status seeking
a drive to acquire power; energy, get-up-and-go, push
enterprising or ambitious drive; second wind
renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking; aggressiveness
the quality of being bold and enterprising; competitiveness, fight
an aggressive willingness to compete; combativeness, militance, militancy
a militant aggressiveness; intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, officiousness
aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation; boldness, brass, cheek, face, nerve
impudent aggressiveness

Type of:: trait
a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

"he sliced his drive out of bounds"

Synonyms:: driving

Type of:: golf shot, golf stroke, swing
the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

the act of driving a herd of animals overland

Types:: cattle drive
driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers)

Type of:: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
the act of moving something from one location to another

a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

"he took the family for a drive in his new car"

Synonyms:: ride

Types:: lift
a ride in a car; joyride
a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; spin
a short drive in a car

Type of:: journey, journeying
the act of traveling from one place to another

a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

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a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation; bulimia
pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions); emptiness
having an empty stomach; edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity
excessive desire to eat; famishment, starvation
a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period; malnourishment, undernourishment
not having enough food to develop or function normally; thirst, thirstiness
a physiological need to drink; dehydration
depletion of bodily fluids; polydipsia
excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction); sex drive
a physiological need for sexual activity; hypoxia
oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency; anemic hypoxia
hypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin; hypoxic hypoxia
hypoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs; ischemic hypoxia, stagnant hypoxia
hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure); altitude sickness
effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes; anoxia
severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues; asphyxiation, suffocation
the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)

Type of:: physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
the condition or state of the body or bodily functions

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

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a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system; CD-ROM drive
a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played'; Winchester drive, disc drive, disk drive, hard drive
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it; external drive
a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable; internal drive
a drive mounted inside of a computer; RAM disk
(computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors

Type of:: device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

a wide scenic road planted with trees

"the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"

Synonyms:: parkway

Type of:: road, route
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

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

Types:: forehand drive
(sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash); backhand drive
a hard straight return made on the backhand side