drive
drive is a 5-letter English word with 52 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like.
- transitive verb. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- transitive verb. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- transitive verb. To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- transitive verb. To pass away; -- said of time.
- intransitive verb. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
- intransitive verb. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
- intransitive verb. To distrain for rent.
- past participle. Driven.
- noun. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
- noun. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
- noun. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- noun. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
- noun. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- noun. the act of applying force to propel something
"after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
- noun. a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
"he took the family for a drive in his new car"
- noun. the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- noun. (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
- noun. hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
"he sliced his drive out of bounds"
- noun. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"
"they worked in the cause of world peace"
- noun. a wide scenic road planted with trees
"the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"
- noun. a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
"a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"
- noun. (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- noun. a road leading up to a private house
"they parked in the driveway"
- noun. the trait of being highly motivated
"his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"
- noun. a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- verb. move into a desired direction of discourse
"What are you driving at?"
- verb. hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
"drive the game"
- verb. hunting: search for game
"drive the forest"
- verb. cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
"The amplifier drives the tube"
"steam drives the engines"
- verb. excavate horizontally
"drive a tunnel"
- verb. hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
"drive a ball"
- verb. strike with a driver, as in teeing off
"drive a golf ball"
- verb. cause to move back by force or influence
"repel the enemy"
"push back the urge to smoke"
- verb. cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
"drive the ball far out into the field"
- verb. push, propel, or press with force
"Drive a nail into the wall"
- verb. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
"She rammed her mind into focus"
"He drives me mad"
- verb. compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
"She finally drove him to change jobs"
- verb. travel or be transported in a vehicle
"We drove to the university every morning"
"They motored to London for the theater"
- verb. proceed along in a vehicle
"We drive the turnpike to work"
- verb. operate or control a vehicle
"drive a car or bus"
"Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
- verb. urge forward
"drive the cows into the barn"
- verb. cause someone or something to move by driving
"She drove me to school every day"
"We drove the car to the garage"
- verb. move by being propelled by a force
"The car drove around the corner"
- verb. strive and make an effort to reach a goal
"She tugged for years to make a decent living"
"We have to push a little to make the deadline!"
- verb. work as a driver
"He drives a bread truck"
"She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
- verb. to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
"She is driven by her passion"
- verb. have certain properties when driven
"This car rides smoothly"
"My new truck drives well"
Synonyms
thrust, ride, driving, campaign, cause, crusade, effort, movement, parkway, driveway, aim, get, repel, repulse, force, ram, motor, take, labor, labour, push, tug
Anagrams
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Common word forms
driver, drives, driving, driveable
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