drive
Cross references:
1. move 2. ride
1. drive \'dri-v\ \'dro-v\ \'driv-*n\ \'dri--vin\ vb or drove; or driv.en
or driv.ing [ME driven, fr. OE dri-fan; akin to OHG tri-ban to driv]e 1a:
to impart or forward motion to by physical force 1b: to repulse, remove,
or cause to go by force, authority, or influence <(~ the enemy back} 1c: to
set or keep in motion or operation 2a: to direct the motions and course of
(a draft animal) 2b: to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the
course of (as a v ehicle) 2c: to convey in a vehicle 2d: to float (logs)
down a stream 3: to carry on or through energetically {driving a roaring
trade> 4a: to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : FORCE 4b: to
compel to undergo or suffer a change of state 4c: to urge relentlessly to
continuous exertion 4d: to press or force into an activity, course, or
direction 4e: to project, inject, or impress incisively 5a: to cause to
move in a desired direction 5b: to search (a district) for game 6: to
force (a passage) by pressing or digging 7a: to propel (an object of play)
swiftly 7b: to hit (a golf ball) from the tee esp. with a driver 7c: to
cause (a run or runner) to be scored in baseball - usu. used with in 1a:
to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently 1b: to rush along
with force against an obstruction 2: to strive determinedly on a course or
toward an objective 3a: to operate and steer a vehicle 3b: to have
oneself carried in a vehicle 4: to drive an object of play
2. drive n 1: an act of driving : 1a: a trip in a carriage or automobile
1b: a collection and driving together of animals; also : the animal s
gathered 1c: a driving of cattle or sheep overland 1d: a hunt or shoot in
which the game is driven within the hunter's range 1e: the guiding of logs
downstream to a mill; also : the floating l ogs amassed in a drive 1f1: the
act or an instance of driving an object of play 1f2: the flight of a ball
2a: a private road : DRIVEWAY 2b: a public road for driving (as in a park)
3: an offensive, aggressive, or expansionist move; esp : a strong m
ilitary attack against enemy-held terrain 4: the state of being hurried and
under pressure 5: a strong systematic group effort : CAMPAIGN 6a: an
urgent, basic, or instinctual need 6b: an impelling culturally acquired
concern, interest, or longing 6c: dynamic quality 7a: the means for
giving motion to a machine or machine part 7b: the means by which the
propulsive power of an automobile is applied to the road 7c: the means by
which the propulsion of an automotive vehicle is controlle d and directed -
drive aj
Webster's English Dictionary