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What (who) is drive - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
DRIVE; Drive (song); Drive (disambiguation); Drive (EP); Drive (movie); List of Drive episodes; Drive (single); Drive tv series; Drive (TV Series); Drive (tv series); Drive (TV miniseries); Driev; Drive (TV); Drives; Drive (album); Drive-A; Drive (film); Drive film; Drive (TV series); The Drive
drive
I
n.
trip in a vehicle
1) to go for, go on, have (BE), take a drive
2) an easy drive (it's an easy half hour drive to their place)
3) a test drive
campaign
4) to initiate, launch a drive for (to launch a drive for flood relief)
5) a charity; fund-raising drive
energy
6) the drive to + inf. (does she have enough drive to finish the job?)
impulse
7) an elemental drive
type of propulsion
8) a chain; disc (BE), disk (AE); fluid; four-wheel; front-wheel; rear-wheel drive (see also driveway)
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) to drive at ('to suggest') (what is she driveing at?)
2) (d; tr.) ('to direct') to drive through (to drive a nail through a wall)
3) (D; tr.) ('to transport') to drive to (she drove me to the station; who drives the children to school?)
4) (d; tr.) to drive to ('to bring to') (to drive smb. to despair)
5) (H) ('to force') he was driven by necessity to steal
6) (N; used with an adjective) ('to make') he drove me crazy
drive
I. v. a.
1.
Impel.
2.
Hurl, send, propel.
3.
Force, coerce, compel, oblige.
4.
Press, urge.
5.
Prosecute, carry on.
6.
Guide (by reins).
7.
Take in a carriage, carry on a drive.
II. v. n.
1.
Be forced along, be impelled, move helplessly, drift, scud.
2.
Rush, press with violence, go furiously.
3.
Go driving, take a drive, go by carriage.
4.
Aim, intend.
III. n.
1.
Airing, ride.
2.
Carriage-road, driving-course.
drive
(drives, driving, drove, driven)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction.
I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner...
She never learned to drive...
Mrs Glick drove her own car and the girls went in Nancy's convertible.
VERB: V prep/adv, V, V n
• driving
...a qualified driving instructor...
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you drive someone somewhere, you take them there in a car or other vehicle.
His daughter Carly drove him to the train station.
VERB: V n prep/adv
3.
A drive is a journey in a car or other vehicle.
I thought we might go for a drive on Sunday.
N-COUNT
4.
A drive is a wide piece of hard ground, or sometimes a private road, that leads from the road to a person's house.
= driveway
N-COUNT
5.
If something drives a machine, it supplies the power that makes it work.
The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
VERB: V n
6.
You use drive to refer to the mechanical part of a computer which reads the data on disks and tapes, or writes data onto them.
...equipment such as terminals, tape drives or printers.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
see also disk drive
7.
If you drive something such as a nail into something else, you push it in or hammer it in using a lot of effort.
I used a sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the ground...
I held it still and drove in a nail.
VERB: V n prep, V n with adv
8.
In games such as cricket, golf, or football, if a player drives a ball somewhere, they kick or hit it there with a lot of force.
Armstrong drove the ball into the roof of the net.
VERB: V n prep/adv, also V n
9.
If the wind, rain, or snow drives in a particular direction, it moves with great force in that direction.
Rain drove against the window.
VERB: V prep/adv
• driving
He crashed into a tree in driving rain.
ADJ: ADJ n
10.
If you drive people or animals somewhere, you make them go to or from that place.
The last offensive drove thousands of people into Thailand...
The smoke also drove mosquitoes away.
VERB: V n prep, V n with adv
11.
To drive someone into a particular state or situation means to force them into that state or situation.
The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy...
He nearly drove Elsie mad with his fussing.
VERB: V n into/to n, V n adj
12.
The desire or feeling that drives a person to do something, especially something extreme, is the desire or feeling that causes them to do it.
More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide...
Jealousy drives people to murder...
...people who are driven by guilt, resentment and anxiety.
...a man driven by a pathological need to win.
VERB: V n to-inf, V n to n, be V-ed, V-ed
13.
If you say that someone has drive, you mean they have energy and determination.
John will be best remembered for his drive and enthusiasm.
N-UNCOUNT
14.
A drive is a very strong need or desire in human beings that makes them act in particular ways.
...compelling, dynamic sex drives.
N-COUNT
15.
A drive is a special effort made by a group of people for a particular purpose.
The ANC is about to launch a nationwide recruitment drive...
= campaign
N-SING: with supp
16.
Drive is used in the names of some streets.
...23 Queen's Drive, Malvern, Worcestershire.
N-IN-NAMES
17.
see also driving
18.
If you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking what they are trying to say or what they are saying indirectly.
It was clear Cohen didn't understand what Millard was driving at.
PHRASE: V inflects
19.
Examples of use of drive
1. "The officers drive up, look at us, and drive away.
2. Do I need (or just want) a vehicle with rear–wheel drive, front–wheel drive or some sort of all–wheel–drive/4x4 system? 4.
3. Big Fed purchases would drive up Treasury prices and drive down the yields.
4. We‘re going to have to figure out how to drive, you know, drive better.
5. To reach the transparent deck, tourists must drive drive 14 miles on twisty, unpaved roads.