From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v),
formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p.
pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[imac]fan; akin to OS.
dr[imac]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[imac]ban, G. treiben, Icel.
dr[imac]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
1. 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.
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A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
--Pope.
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Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.
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2. 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.
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How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
--Thackeray.
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3. 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. " Enough to
drive one mad." --Tennyson.
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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.
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4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
[Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.
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The trade of life can not be driven without
partners. --Collier.
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5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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To drive the country, force the swains away.
--Dryden.
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6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
or tunnel. --Tomlinson.
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7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
throw.
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9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by
manipulating the controls, such as the steering,
propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drive \Drive\, v. i.
1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
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Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails.
--Dryden.
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Under cover of the night and a driving tempest.
--Prescott.
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Time driveth onward fast,
And in a little while our lips are dumb. --Tennyson.
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2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any
physical force or agent; to be driven.
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The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn.
--Byron.
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The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers.
--Thackeray.
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3. 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.
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4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an
effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
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Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular
interest he drove at. --South.
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5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.]
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6. (Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
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7. to go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as
the operator of the vehicle; to drive[9] a vehicle from
one location to another. He drove from New York to Boston
in four hours.
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To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to
attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drive \Drive\, n.
1. In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of
player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight
of the ball, etc., so driven.
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2. (Golf) A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made
with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a
stroke.
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Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent
action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body
is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to
cause to move by applying the force before, or in
front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the
objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an
engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive
logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct
them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to
place them in a machine, which, by a current of air,
drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them
by themselves. "My thrice-driven bed of down." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), p. p.
Driven. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), n.
1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage,
as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride
taken on horseback.
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2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared
for driving.
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3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a
forced or hurried dispatch of business.
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The Murdstonian drive in business. --M. Arnold.
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4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix,
formed by a punch drift.
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5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to
be floated down a river. [Colloq.]
Syn: See Ride.
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6. a private road; a driveway.
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7. a strong psychological motivation to perform some
activity.
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8. (Computers) a device for reading or writing data from or
to a data storage medium, as a disk drive, a tape
drive, a CD drive, etc.
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9. an organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within
a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.
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10. a physiological function of an organism motivating it to
perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.
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11. (Football) the period during which one team sustains
movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without
losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive
downfield.
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12. an act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile;
the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to
go for a drive in the country.
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13. the mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine
to move; as, a belt drive.
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14. the way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is
transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive,
front-wheel drive, etc.
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