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drive

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Synonyms: rive, derive, drove, dreve, dive, drave, drie, driv, brive, grive, driva

Antonyms: rive, derive, drove, dreve, dive, drave, drie, driv, brive, grive, driva

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

  1. To [[operate]] a [[vehicle]]:
  2. To [[compel]] to move:
  3. To cause to move by the [[application]] of [[physical]] force:
  4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[displace]] either physically or non-physically, through the [[application]] of force.
  5. To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
  6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[move]] [[forcefully]].
  7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be [[move]]d or [[propel]]led [[forcefully]] (''especially of a ship'').
  8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To carry or to keep [[in motion]]; to [[conduct]]; to [[prosecute]].
  9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[clear]], by forcing away what is contained.
  10. {{lb|en|mining}} To [[dig]] horizontally; to cut a [[horizontal]] [[gallery]] or [[tunnel]].
  11. {{lb|en|American football}} To put together a [[drive]] (''n.''): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
  12. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[distrain]] for [[rent]].

Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|effort}} {{cap|planned}}, usually [[long-lasting]], [[effort]] to [[achieve]] something; [[ability]] [[coupled]] with [[ambition]], [[determination]], and [[motivation]].
  2. {{cap|violent}} or [[rapid]] [[motion]]; a [[rushing]] [[onward]] or [[away]]; {{lb|en|especially}} a [[forced]] or [[hurried]] [[dispatch]] of [[business]].
  3. {{lb|en|by extension}} An act of [[#Verb|driving]] ([[prompt]]ing) [[animal]]s [[forward]].
  4. {{lb|en|military}} A [[sustained]] [[advance]] [[in the face of]] the [[enemy]] to take an [[objective]].
  5. Certain mechanisms in vehicles.
  6. An act of piloting or riding within a [[vehicle]] (now generally in a [[motor vehicle]]).
  7. Certain surfaces for driving on.
  8. {{lb|en|psychology}} [[desire|Desire]] or [[interest]].
  9. {{lb|en|computer hardware}} A device for reading and writing data.
  10. The state of being under [[pressure]], [[stressed]] and [[hurried]].
  11. {{lb|en|golf}} A [[stroke]] made with a [[driver]].
  12. {{senseid|en|sports}} {{lb|en|baseball|tennis}} A [[ball]] struck in a flat [[trajectory]].

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