DRIVE

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room. A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. Jowett (Thucyd. ). Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along. Pope. Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. Pope. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door. How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! Thackeray. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to drive one mad." Tennyson. He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his. Sir P. Sidney. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] Bacon. The trade of life can not be driven without partners. Collier. To clear, by forcing away what is contained. To drive the country, force the swains away. Dryden. To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. Tomlinson. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. Dryden. Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. Prescott. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Tennyson. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn. Byron. The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers. Thackeray. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at. Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at. South. To distrain for rent. [Obs.] To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me." Shak.

Driven. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To operate a vehicle: | To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle). | To operate a vehicle: | To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle. | To operate a vehicle: | To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle. | To operate a vehicle: | To operate (an aircraft); to pilot. | To operate a vehicle: | To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal. | To compel to move: | (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on. | To compel to move: | (especially animals) To cause to flee out of. | To cause to move by the application of physical force: | To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto. | To cause to move by the application of physical force: | To cause (a mechanism) to operate. | To cause to move by the application of physical force: | To hit the ball with a drive. | To cause to move by the application of physical force: | To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air. | To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force. | To compel to undergo a non-physical change: | To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind. | To compel to undergo a non-physical change: | To motivate; to provide an incentive for. | To compel to undergo a non-physical change: | To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something). | To compel to undergo a non-physical change: | To cause to become. | To compel to undergo a non-physical change: | To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way. | To compel to undergo a non-physical change: | To urge, press, or bring to a point or state. | To move forcefully. | To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship). | To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. | To clear, by forcing away what is contained. | To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. | To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field. | To distrain for rent. | To be the dominant party in a sex act.

Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation. | Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business. | An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. | An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted. | An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. | An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd. | A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective. | A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part. | A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). | A driveway. | A type of public roadway. | The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.) | A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. | Desire or interest. | An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk. | A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data. | A stroke made with a driver. | A ball struck in a flat trajectory. | A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket. | A straight level shot or pass. | An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity. | A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive. | A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service. | An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift. | A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. | Friendly term of address for a bus driver.