Drive

Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

Synonyms

Driving

Examples

He sliced his drive out of bounds

The act of applying force to propel something

Examples

After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off

A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

Synonyms

Ride

Has types

Spin

Joyride

Lift

Examples

He took the family for a drive in his new car

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

Synonyms

Force

Ram

Type of

Thrust

Has types

Toenail

Toe

Examples

He drives me mad

Have certain properties when driven

Synonyms

Ride

Verb group

Ride

Examples

My new truck drives well

Move into a desired direction of discourse

Synonyms

Aim

Get

Type of

Intend

Mean

Derivation

Drift

A road leading up to a private house

Type of

Route

Road

Has parts

Turnaround

Examples

They parked in the driveway

Cause to move back by force or influence

Strive and make an effort to reach a goal

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

A wide scenic road planted with trees

Synonyms

Parkway

Type of

Route

Road

Examples

The riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views

Travel or be transported in a vehicle

Synonyms

Motor

In category

Driving

Entails

Ride

Verb group

Take

Proceed along in a vehicle

Synonyms

Take

In category

Driving

Verb group

Motor

Examples

We drive the turnpike to work

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

Type of

Mechanism

Examples

A variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds

A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

Cause someone or something to move by driving

Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling

Type of

Power

Derivation

Driver

Examples

The amplifier drives the tube

Steam drives the engines

This device drives the disks for the computer

Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

Type of

Throw

Examples

Drive the ball far out into the field

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

Type of

Make

Verb group

Force

Ram

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

Excavate horizontally

In category

Excavation

Mining

Derivation

Drift

Examples

Drive a tunnel

Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

In category

Sport

Athletics

Type of

Hit

Examples

Drive a ball

(hunting) chase from cover into more open ground

In category

Hunt

Hunting

Examples

Drive the game

(hunting) search for game

In category

Hunting

Hunt

Examples

Drive the forest

Move by being propelled by a force

Has types

Pull

Operate or control a vehicle

In category

Driving

Verb group

Take

Ride

Derivation

Driver

Driving

Examples

Drive a car or bus

Can you drive this four-wheel truck?

Push, propel, or press with force

Type of

Propel

Impel

Derivation

Driving

Driver

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

Strike with a driver, as in teeing off

In category

Golf

Golf game

Type of

Hit

Derivation

Driving

Driver

Examples

Drive a golf ball

The act of driving a herd of animals overland

The trait of being highly motivated

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

Verb group

Ram

Force

Examples

She is driven by her passion

Urge forward

Type of

Push

Force

Has types

Mush

Examples

Drive the cows into the barn

Work as a driver

Type of

Do work

Work

Derivation

Driver

Examples

He drives a bread truck

She drives for the taxi company in Newark