drive
Definitions of 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.
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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.
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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.
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v. t. - To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
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v. t. - To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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v. t. - To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
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v. t. - To pass away; -- said of time.
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v. i. - To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
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v. i. - To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
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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.
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v. i. - To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
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v. i. - To distrain for rent.
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p. p. - Driven.
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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.
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n. - A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
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n. - Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
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n. - In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
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n. - A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
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v. i. - To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
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v. t. - Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
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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.
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n. - A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.
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n. - An implement used for driving;
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n. - A mallet.
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n. - A tamping iron.
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n. - A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
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n. - A wooden-headed golf club with a long shaft, for playing the longest strokes.
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The word "drive" uses 5 letters: D E I R V.
Direct anagrams of drive:
diver rived
Words formed by adding one letter before or after drive (in bold), or to deirv in any order:
a - varied b - verbid c - cervid e - derive reived f - fervid l - drivel n - driven verdin o - devoir voider r - driver s - divers drives t - divert
Shorter words found within drive:
de dev die dire dive ed er id ire ired re red rei rev rid ride rive vide vie vied vier
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