English word
Drive
Definitions
verb
- to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction
- to convey in a vehicle
- to float (logs) down a stream
- to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : force
- to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state)
- see also drive (someone) bananas, drive (someone) nuts,drive (someone) up the wall
- to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion
- to press or force into an activity, course, or direction
- to project, inject, or impress incisively
- to force (a passage) by pressing or diggingmining
- to propel (an object of play) swiftly or forcefully
- to hit (a ball) from the tee especially with a driver (see driver sense f)golf
- to drive a golf ball onto (a green)also
- to go through (an area) driving game animalshunting
- to cause (a run or runner) to be scored (see score entry 2 sense 4a(2))baseball
- to give shape or impulse to
- to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently
- to progress with strong momentum
- to make a quick and forceful movebasketball
- to operate a vehicle
- to have oneself carried in a vehicle
- to drive a golf ballgolf
- to carry on or through energetically
- to impart a forward motion to by physical force
- to repulse, remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence
- to set or keep in motion or operation
- to move quickly and forcefully down or alongbasketball
- to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal)
- to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (a vehicle)
Synonyms for drive
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- run
- punch
- herd
- road
- highway
- freeway
- street
- route
- expressway
- thoroughfare
- roadway
- boulevard