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Drive (drīv), v. t. [imp. Drove (drōv), formerly Drave (drāv); p. p. Driven (drĭv'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. drīfan; akin to OS. drīban, D. drijven, OHG. trīban, G. treiben, Icel. drīfa, 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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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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☞ 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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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 drive9 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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Drive (drīv), p. p. Driven. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Drive (drīv), 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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