To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto. Example: You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind. Example: My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
(especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on. Example: to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field
To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
To cause animals to flee out of. Example: The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.
To move (something) by hitting it with great force. Example: You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
To cause (a mechanism) to operate. Example: The pistons drive the crankshaft.
To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle). Example: drive a car
To motivate; to provide an incentive for. Example: What drives a person to run a marathon?
To compel (to do something). Example: Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
To cause to become. Example: This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity. You are driving me crazy!
To hit the ball with a drive.
To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle. Example: I drive to work every day.
To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle. Example: My wife drove me to the airport.
To move forcefully.
To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
To distrain for rent.
To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
To be the dominant party in a sex act.
That drives (a mechanism or process).
Of wind, rain, etc That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent
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