Synonym: compel, conduct, force, handle, impel, make, manage, move, operate, ride, run, steer, thrust, work. Similar words: driver, drive out, driveway, drive up, drive home, thrive, derive, arrive at. Meaning: [draɪv] n. 1. the act of applying force to propel something 2. a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine 3. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end 4. a road leading up to a private house 5. the trait of being highly motivated 6. hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver 7. the act of driving a herd of animals overland 8. a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) 9. a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire 10. (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium 11. a wide scenic road planted with trees 12. (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash). v. 1. operate or control a vehicle 2. travel or be transported in a vehicle 3. cause someone or something to move by driving 4. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically 5. to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly 6. cause to move back by force or influence 7. compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment 8. push, propel, or press with force 9. cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force 10. strive and make an effort to reach a goal 11. move into a desired direction of discourse 12. have certain properties when driven 13. work as a driver 14. move by being propelled by a force 15. urge forward 16. proceed along in a vehicle 17. strike with a driver, as in teeing off 18. hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically 19. excavate horizontally 20. cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling 21. hunting: search for game 22. hunting: chase from cover into more open ground.
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(91) He backed his car out of the drive.
(92) He was too shaken up to drive.
(93) Don't drive fast;the car isn't run in yet.
(94) Jack duffed his drive off the first tee.
(95) drive a new motorway across a mountain range.
(96) He can't drive because he suffers from blackouts.
(97) It is forbidden to drive faster than 20mph.
(98) The rhododendrons encroached ever more on the twisting drive.
(99) It's a relaxing car to drive long distance.
(100) You mustn't drive, you're too far gone!
(101) You'll drive me to distraction with your silly questions!
(102) You're going to drive all the way to London and back in a day?You're a glutton for punishment, aren't you?
(103) After a long drive we finally hauled into town at dusk.
(104) Allow about eight hours for the drive from Calais. Alternatively, you can fly to Brive.
(105) Don't drive so fast! You must keep within the speed limit.
(106) I don't think a sane person would drive as dangerously as he did.
(107) A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.
(108) Be sure to blow up the tyres before you drive off.
(109) I feel sorry for anyone who has to drive in this sort of weather.
(110) He must be insane to drive his car so fast.
(111) His son had an obsessive drive to gain his father's approval.
(112) You're no good to me if you can't drive a car.
(113) Ellen is walking down the drive with a square flat box balanced on one hand.
(114) On icy roads, a four-wheel drive vehicle really comes into its own.
(115) Party workers sallied forth in a drive to find new members.
(116) This man was not qualified to drive and was speeding.
(117) Today the media drive athletes to the view that the important thing is to gain worldly success.
(118) Despite the vehicle's size and weight it is not difficult to drive.
(119) It is pointless to have a car if you cannot drive it!
(120) Savings are being planned as part of a huge economy drive.