Sekirov Dictionary

drive

/dɹaɪv/

verb30

  1. to control a car, a bus or a similar machine as it moves
  2. To operate a vehicle.
  3. To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
  4. To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
  5. (slang) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
  6. To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
  7. To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
  8. To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
  9. To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
  10. To compel to undergo a non-physical change.
  11. To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
  12. To cause to become.
  13. To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
  14. To cause to move by the application of physical force.
  15. To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
  16. To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
  17. To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
  18. To move forcefully.
  19. To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
  20. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
  21. To compel to move.
  22. (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
  23. (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
  24. To hit the ball with a drive.
  25. To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
  26. (slang) To be the dominant party in a sex act.
  27. To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
  28. To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
  29. To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
  30. (no longer used) To distrain for rent.

noun33

  1. An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
  2. A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
  3. A device for reading and writing data.
  4. An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
  5. A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
  6. Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
  7. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
  8. A campaign aimed at selling or promoting (something).
  9. Desire or interest.
  10. Certain surfaces for driving on.
  11. A driveway.
  12. A type of public roadway.
  13. (old-fashioned) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
  14. The act of driving a car with no destination in mind, generally to see the scenery, be alone with one's thoughts or to spend time with a partner.
  15. Certain mechanisms in vehicles.
  16. A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
  17. A stroke made with a driver.
  18. A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
  19. 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.
  20. A straight level shot or pass.
  21. A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
  22. An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
  23. 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.)
  24. The location of the steering wheel used to control a vehicle.
  25. An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.
  26. An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
  27. An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
  28. The state of being under pressure, stressed and hurried.
  29. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
  30. A collection of objects that are driven.
  31. A mass of logs to be floated down a river or the act of moving them thusly.
  32. (UK, slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.
  33. An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
forms

drived · drave · driv · drove · dravest · drovest · driven · droven · druv · driving · drives · driveth · drivest

Phrases with drive

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