English word

Drive

Definitions

verb

  1. to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction
  2. to convey in a vehicle
  3. to float (logs) down a stream
  4. to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : force
  5. to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state)
  6. see also drive (someone) bananas, drive (someone) nuts,drive (someone) up the wall
  7. to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion
  8. to press or force into an activity, course, or direction
  9. to project, inject, or impress incisively
  10. to force (a passage) by pressing or diggingmining
  11. to propel (an object of play) swiftly or forcefully
  12. to hit (a ball) from the tee especially with a driver (see driver sense f)golf
  13. to drive a golf ball onto (a green)also
  14. to go through (an area) driving game animalshunting
  15. to cause (a run or runner) to be scored (see score entry 2 sense 4a(2))baseball
  16. to give shape or impulse to
  17. to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently
  18. to progress with strong momentum
  19. to make a quick and forceful movebasketball
  20. to operate a vehicle
  21. to have oneself carried in a vehicle
  22. to drive a golf ballgolf
  23. to carry on or through energetically
  24. to impart a forward motion to by physical force
  25. to repulse, remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence
  26. to set or keep in motion or operation
  27. to move quickly and forcefully down or alongbasketball
  28. to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal)
  29. 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
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