| Drive |
v. t. |
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. |
| Drive |
v. t. |
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. |
| Drive |
v. t. |
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. |
| Drive |
v. t. |
To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. |
| Drive |
v. t. |
To clear, by forcing away what is contained. |
| Drive |
v. t. |
To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. |
| Drive |
v. t. |
To pass away;
said of time. |
| Drive |
v. i. |
To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. |
| Drive |
v. i. |
To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. |
| Drive |
v. i. |
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. |
| Drive |
v. i. |
To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive;
usually with at. |
| Drive |
v. i. |
To distrain for rent. |
| Drive |
p. p. |
Driven. |
| Drive |
n. |
The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure;
distinguished from a ride taken on horseback. |
| Drive |
n. |
A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. |
| Drive |
n. |
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business. |
| Drive |
n. |
In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. |
| Drive |
n. |
A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. |
| Drive |
v. i. |
To make a drive, or stroke from the tee. |
| Drive |
v. t. |
Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw. |
| Drive |
n. |
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. |
| Drive |
n. |
A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke. |
| Drive |
n. |
An implement used for driving; |
| Drive |
n. |
A mallet. |
| Drive |
n. |
A tamping iron. |
| Drive |
n. |
A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops. |
| Drive |
n. |
A wooden-headed golf club with a long shaft, for playing the longest strokes. |
