drive

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• COUNT in NET: 51 in 51 verses (in OT : 47 in 47 verses) (in NT : 4 in 4 verses)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

drive, v. & n.
--v. (past drove; past part. driven)
1 tr. (usu. foll. by away, back, in, out, to, etc.) urge in some direction, esp. forcibly (drove back the wolves).
2 tr. a (usu. foll. by to + infin., or to + verbal noun) compel or constrain forcibly (was driven to complain; drove her to stealing). b (often foll. by to) force into a specified state (drove him mad; driven to despair). c (often refl.) urge to overwork (drives himself too hard).
3 a tr. (also absol.) operate and direct the course of (a vehicle, a locomotive, etc.) (drove a sports car; drives well). b tr. & intr. convey or be conveyed in a vehicle (drove them to the station; drove to the station in a bus) (cf. RIDE). c tr. (also absol.) be licensed or competent to drive (a vehicle) (does he drive?). d tr. (also absol.) urge and direct the course of (an animal drawing a vehicle or plough).
4 tr. (of wind, water, etc.) carry along, propel, send, or cause to go in some direction (pure as the driven snow).
5 tr. a (often foll. by into) force (a stake, nail, etc.) into place by blows (drove the nail home). b Mining bore (a tunnel, horizontal cavity, etc.).
6 tr. effect or conclude forcibly (drove a hard bargain; drove his point home).
7 tr. (of steam or other power) set or keep (machinery) going.
8 intr. (usu. foll. by at) work hard; dash, rush, or hasten.
9 tr. Cricket & Tennis hit (the ball) hard from a freely swung bat or racket.
10 tr. (often absol.) Golf strike (a ball) with a driver from the tee.
11 tr. chase or frighten (game, wild beasts, an enemy in warfare, etc.) from a large area to a smaller, to kill or capture; corner.
12 tr. Brit. hold a drift in (a forest etc.) (see DRIFT n. 9).
--n.
1 an act of driving in a motor vehicle; a journey or excursion in such a vehicle (went for a pleasant drive; lives an hour's drive from us).
2 a the capacity for achievement; motivation and energy (lacks the drive needed to succeed). b Psychol. an inner urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need (unconscious emotional drives).
3 a a usu. landscaped street or road. b a usu. private road through a garden or park to a house.
4 Cricket, Golf, & Tennis a driving stroke of the bat etc.
5 an organized effort to achieve a usu. charitable purpose (a famine-relief drive).
6 a the transmission of power to machinery, the wheels of a motor vehicle, etc. (belt drive; front-wheel drive). b the position of a steering-wheel in a motor vehicle (left-hand drive). c Computing = disk drive (see DISC).
7 Brit. an organized competition, for many players, of whist, bingo, etc.
8 an act of driving game or an enemy.
9 Austral. & NZ a line of partly cut trees on a hillside felled when the top one topples on the others.

Idiom

drive at seek, intend, or mean (what is he driving at?). drive-in attrib.adj. (of a bank, cinema, etc.) able to be used while sitting in one's car.
--n. such a bank, cinema, etc. drive-on (of a ship) on to which motor vehicles may be driven. drive out take the place of; oust; exorcize, cast out (evil spirits etc.). driving-licence a licence permitting a person to drive a motor vehicle. driving rain an excessive windblown downpour. driving-range Golf an area for practising drives. driving test an official test of a motorist's competence which must be passed to obtain a driving licence. driving-wheel
1 the large wheel of a locomotive.
2 a wheel communicating motive power in machinery. let drive aim a blow or missile.

Derivative

drivable adj.

Etymology

OE drifan f. Gmc

THESAURUS

drive

Autobahn, Sunday drive, US highway, acceleration, activity, actuate, advance, advance against, advance upon, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, aggravated assault, aggression, aggressiveness, airing, alley, alleyway, allude to, ambition, ambitiousness, amperage, amphibious attack, angle, animate, appeal, appliance, approach, ardor, armed assault, armipotence, army, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, authority, auto, automatic response, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, bait the hook, bang, banzai attack, barnstorm, be responsible for, bear, bear down upon, bear off, bear upon, beat, beef, belt highway, beset, bicycle, bike, bind, bite, bitingness, black power, blind alley, blind impulse, blitz, blitzkrieg, bob, boost, bore, boulevard, bowl, brain wave, brainstorm, breakthrough, brute force, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunch, bunt, burden, burrow, burst, bus, bustle, busy, butt, butt against, bypass, byway, cage, camino real, campaign, carriageway, carry on, carry out, carry through, catch a train, cause, cause to, causeway, causey, charge, charioteer, charisma, chase, chauffeur, chaussee, circumferential, clam, close, clout, coerce, cogence, cogency, colony, commitment, compel, compulsion, concupiscence, conduct, constrain, constraint, control, convenience, copilot, corduroy road, corral, counterattack, counteroffensive, county road, coup de main, course, court, cram, crescent, crippling attack, crowd, crusade, cul-de-sac, curiosity, cuttingness, cycle, dap, dash, dead set at, dead-end street, deal with, delve, demand, descent on, desideration, desire, determination, dib, dibble, dig, dig out, dike, dint, direct, dirt road, dive, diversion, diversionary attack, dog, dredge, drift, drift off course, drill, drive at, drive on, driveway, driving force, drove, duress, dynamism, eagerness, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, effort, egg, elbow, energy, enforce, engine, enginery, enterprise, enterprisingness, enthusiasm, entrain, excavate, excursion, exhort, exigency, expedition, expressway, facility, fag, faith, falcon, fall down, fancy, fantasy, fetch away, fire, fish, fixture, flank, flank attack, flash, fleeting impulse, flock, flower power, flurry, flush, flutter, fly, fly-fish, follow the hounds, force, force majeure, forcefulness, forge ahead, forward, fowl, freeway, frontal attack, full blast, full force, furrow, gam, gang, gas, gas attack, get at, get-up-and-get, get-up-and-go, getaway, getup, gig, ginger, give an impetus, give momentum, go, go ahead, go all out, go by rail, go fishing, go hunting, go-ahead, go-getting, go-to-itiveness, goad, gouge, gouge out, grave, gravel road, great cause, grig, grip, groove, grub, guddle, guide, gumption, gun, gut response, guts, hammer, handle, haste, have, have in mind, hawk, head-on attack, helter-skelter, herd, high-pressure, highroad, highway, highways and byways, hint at, hold, hold the reins, holy war, hope, horme, host, hound, hunt, hunt down, hurry, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, impel, impellent, impelling force, impetus, imply, impressiveness, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incisiveness, incite, incitement, indicate, induce, industry, infatuate, infiltrate, infiltration, influence, initiative, inspiration, instigate, instinct, intellectual curiosity, intend, interest, interstate highway, intimate, involuntary impulse, irresistible force, issue, jab, jack, jacklight, jam, jig, jihad, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, journey, joyride, keenness, keep busy, kennel, kick, lane, lash, launch an attack, libido, lifework, lift, lightning attack, lightning war, litter, local road, lower, lunge, lust for learning, machine, machinery, main drag, main force, main road, main strength, make, make a train, make go, make leeway, make things hum, mana, manage, maneuver, manipulate, march against, march upon, mass attack, mass movement, mean, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, megadeath, mews, might, might and main, mightiness, mind, mine, mobilize, moil, moment, momentum, mordancy, motivate, motive power, motor, motorcycle, motorway, mount an attack, move, movement, moxie, mugging, muscle power, natural impulse, need, nervosity, nervousness, net, not let go, notion, nudge, oblige, obsess, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, open an offensive, operate, oppress, outing, overdrive, overkill, overtask, overtax, overwork, pack, panzer warfare, parkway, passion, pave, paved road, pay off, pedal, peel off, pep, pepper, perform on, persistence, pickup, pike, pile drive, pilot, pinch, piss and vinegar, pitch, pizzazz, place, plank road, play, pleasure, pleasure principle, plunge, pod, poignancy, poke, pole, poop, possess, potence, potency, potentiality, pound, power, power pack, power plant, power source, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, practice, preoccupy, prepotency, press, press on, pressure, prick, pride, primary highway, principle, private road, proceed, prod, productiveness, productivity, propel, propelling, propelment, propulsion, prowl after, puissance, pull, pulsion, punch, punch cattle, push, pushfulness, pushiness, pushing, pushingness, put in motion, quarry, quick hunch, quickening, race, ram, ram down, rash impulse, rattle, reason for being, refer to, reflex, require, restrain, ride, ride herd on, ride to hounds, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, roll, round up, route nationale, row, royal road, run, run against, run at, rush, sag, sally, sap, scamper, school, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scramble, scrape, scratch, scurry, scuttle, see to, seine, send, set agoing, set going, set in motion, sexual desire, shake, shepherd, shikar, shoal, shock tactics, shoot, shoot ahead, shoulder, shove, shovel, shoving, shrimp, shunt, sic, sinew, sinewiness, sink, skulk, sloth, snap, solo, sortie, spade, speed, speedup, speedway, spin, spirit, sport, spunk, spur, stab, stalk, stamp, starch, start, state highway, steam, steer, step lively, step-up, stick, still-fish, still-hunt, strain, street, strength, stress, strike, strive, strong arm, strong language, sudden thought, suggest, superhighway, superiority, superpower, sweat, sweep, sweep along, take a joyride, take care of, take the helm, tamp, task, tax, taxi, terrace, thirst for knowledge, thoroughfare, through street, thrust, thruway, tie, toil, toll road, tool, torch, tour, township road, track, trail, travel, trawl, treadle, trench, trenchancy, trip, troll, troop, trough, trundle, tug, tunnel, turn, turnpike, unprovoked assault, up-and-comingness, urge, urgency, use force upon, utility, validity, vehemence, velocity, venturesomeness, venturousness, verve, vigor, vigorousness, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, want, wanting, war, wattage, weight, whale, wheel, whip, whip on, whirl, will, will and pleasure, wish, wish fulfillment, work, wrangle, wynd, yaw, yaw off, zeal, zing, zip

ROGET THESAURUS

drive

Haste

N haste, urgency, despatch, dispatch, acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash, speed, velocity, precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness, impetuosity, brusquerie, hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter, hasty, hurried, brusque, scrambling, cursory, precipitate, headlong, furious, boisterous, impetuous, hotheaded, feverish, fussy, pushing, in haste, in a hurry, in hot haste, in all haste, breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed, urgent, with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed, in haste, apace, amain, all at once, at short notice, immediately, posthaste, by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches, hastily, precipitately, helter-skelter, hurry-skurry, holus-bolus, slapdash, slap-bang, full-tilt, full drive, heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu, by fits and starts, by spurts, hop skip and jump, sauve qui peut, every man for himself, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost, no sooner said than done, a word and a blow, haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto, ohne Hast aber ohne Rast stand not upon the order, swift, swift, you dragons of the night.

Assemblage

N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

Direction

VB direct, manage, govern, conduct, order, prescribe, cut out work for, bead, lead, lead the way, show the way, take the lead, lead on, regulate, guide, steer, pilot, tackle, take the helm, be at the helm, have the reins, handle the reins, hold the reins, take the reins, drive, tool, superintend, supervise, overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate for, administer, ministrate, matronize, have the care of, have the charge of, be in charge of, have charge of, take the direction, boss, boss one around, pull the strings, pull the wires, rule, have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio, preside, preside at the board, take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair, pull the stroke oar, tend towards, bend towards, point towards, conduct to, go to, point to, point at, bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine, steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards, aim at, level at, take aim, keep a course, hold a course, be bound for, bend one's steps towards, direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course, align one's march, allign one's march, to straight, go straight to the point, march on, march on a point, ascertain one's direction, s'orienter, see which way the wind blows, box the compass, take the air line.

Compulsion

VB compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige, force upon, press, cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat, say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial, put down, dragoon, extort, wring from, squeeze, put on the squeeze, put on the screws, turn on the screw, drag into, bind, bind over, pin down, tie down, require, tax, put in force, commandeer, restrain.

Journey

N journey, travel, traveling, wayfaring, campaigning, journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulism, outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt, equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege, ride and tie, basophobia, roving, vagrancy, pererration, marching and countermarching, nomadism, vagabondism, vagabondage, hoboism, gadding, flit, flitting, migration, emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration, wanderlust, plan, itinerary, guide, handbook, guidebook, road book, Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray, map, road map, transportation guide, subway map, procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column, vehicle, automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive, legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters, traveler, depot, railway station, station, traveling, ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic, circumforanean, circumforaneous, noctivagrant, mundivagrant, locomotive, wayfaring, wayworn, travel-stained, on foot, on horseback, on Shanks's mare, by the Marrowbone stage: in transitu, en route, Int, come along!.

VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.

Impulse

VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.

Propulsion

VB propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.