Drive
Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
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)
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
A road leading up to a private house
Has parts
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
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Examples
The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
A wide scenic road planted with trees
Travel or be transported in a vehicle
Proceed along in a vehicle
Synonyms
In category
Verb group
Examples
We drive the turnpike to work
A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
Type of
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
Verb group
Derivation
Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
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Excavate horizontally
Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
(hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
(hunting) search for game
Operate or control a vehicle
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Type of
Strike with a driver, as in teeing off
The act of driving a herd of animals overland
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The trait of being highly motivated
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Examples
His drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly