Drive

Verb

 * 1)  To herd (animals) in a particular direction.
 * 2)  To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
 * 3)  To cause animals to flee out of.
 * The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.
 * 1)  To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
 * You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
 * 1)  To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
 * The pistons drive the crankshaft.
 * 1)  To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
 * 2)  To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
 * What drives a person to run a marathon?
 * 1)  To compel (to do something).
 * Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
 * 1)  To cause to become.
 * This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity.
 * You are driving me crazy!
 * 1)  To hit the ball with a drive.
 * 2)  To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
 * I drive to work every day.
 * 1)  To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
 * My wife drove me to the airport.
 * 1) To move forcefully

Noun

 * 1) Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition.
 * ''Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
 * 1)  A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
 * Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
 * 1) A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
 * Some old model trains have clockwork drives.
 * 1) A trip made in a motor vehicle.
 * It was a long drive.
 * 1) A driveway.
 * The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.
 * 1) A type of public roadway.
 * Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
 * 1)  Desire or interest.
 * 2)  An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
 * 3)  A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
 * 4)  A stroke made with a driver.
 * 5)  A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
 * 6)  A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
 * 7)  A straight level shot or pass.

Adjectives for Drive
fashionable; beautiful; urban; weed-grown; gravel; jolting; scenic; cliff-skirting; magnificent; wood; curving; public; leaf-strewn; coquina; steep; winding; fatal; monster; determined; concentrated; concerted; organizational; solitary; conclusive; oppressive; phenomenal.

Verbs for Drive
(campaign) abandon—; abate—; captain—; conduct—; deadlock—; forsake—; hail—; inaugurate—; join—; lash into—; launch—; map out—; organize—; stage—; wage.

Adverbs for Drive
ridiculously; irresponsibly; oppressively; tirelessly; tensely; erratically; heedlessly; blithely; electrically; masterfully; involuntarily; cautiously; leisurely; steadily; briskly; simultaneously; helplessly; tumultuously; precipitately; grimly; drunkenly; ineptly; furiously; irresistibly; contemptuously,

Synonyms for Drive
verb
 * herd
 * force, push
 * move, operate
 * impel, incentivise/incentivize, motivate, push, urge
 * compel, force, oblige, push, require
 * make, send
 * take
 * guide, steer, control, conduct, thrust, direct, ride, propel, resist, coerce, actuate, incite, hurl, hammer, instigate, press, stimulate, encourage.
 * take
 * guide, steer, control, conduct, thrust, direct, ride, propel, resist, coerce, actuate, incite, hurl, hammer, instigate, press, stimulate, encourage.
 * guide, steer, control, conduct, thrust, direct, ride, propel, resist, coerce, actuate, incite, hurl, hammer, instigate, press, stimulate, encourage.

noun
 * ambition, enthusiasm, get-up-and-go, motivation, self-motivation, verve
 * attack, push
 * engine, mechanism, motor
 * ride, spin, trip
 * approach, driveway
 * avenue, boulevard, road, street
 * desire, impetus, impulse, urge
 * disk drive
 * line drive
 * line drive

Antonyms for Drive
noun
 * inertia, lack of motivation, laziness, phlegm, sloth

verb
 * check, stop, retard, discourage, hinder, halt, curb, restrain, lead, repress, entice, attract, induce, incline, tug, tow, drag, haul.

Derived terms

 * bridge drive
 * disk drive
 * drive-whist
 * flash drive
 * floppy drive
 * four-wheel drive
 * hard drive
 * hyperdrive


 * jump drive
 * left-hand drive
 * overdrive
 * right-hand drive
 * sex drive
 * warp drive
 * whist drive

Derived terms

 * drink and drive
 * driveable
 * drive a coach and horses through
 * drive a hard bargain
 * drive at
 * drive-boat
 * drive-bolt
 * drive-by
 * drivee
 * drive home
 * drive-in
 * drive Irish tandem
 * drive-line
 * drive off
 * drive-off
 * drive-on


 * drive-on/drive-off
 * drive out
 * drive-pipe
 * driver
 * drive-screw
 * drive-shaft
 * drive-through, drivethrough
 * drive time
 * drive to distraction
 * drive to drink
 * drive-train
 * drive-wheel
 * drive-yourself
 * driving
 * let drive

Related terms

 * drave
 * drift
 * driven
 * drove

Thesaurus
Autobahn, Sunday drive, US highway, acceleration, activity, actuate, advance, advance against, advance upon, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, aggravated assault, aggression, aggressiveness, airing, alley, alleyway, allude to, ambition, ambitiousness, amperage, amphibious attack, angle, animate, appeal, appliance, approach, ardor, armed assault, armipotence, army, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, authority, auto, automatic response, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, bait the hook, bang, banzai attack, barnstorm, be responsible for, bear, bear down upon, bear off, bear upon, beat, beef, belt highway, beset, bicycle, bike, bind, bite, bitingness, black power, blind alley, blind impulse, blitz, blitzkrieg, bob, boost, bore, boulevard, bowl, brain wave, brainstorm, breakthrough, brute force, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunch, bunt, burden, burrow, burst, bus, bustle, busy, butt, butt against, bypass, byway, cage, camino real, campaign, carriageway, carry on, carry out, carry through, catch a train, cause, cause to, causeway, causey, charge, charioteer, charisma, chase, chauffeur, chaussee, circumferential, clam, close, clout, coerce, cogence, cogency, colony, commitment, compel, compulsion, concupiscence, conduct, constrain, constraint, control, convenience, copilot, corduroy road, corral, counterattack, counteroffensive, county road, coup de main, course, court, cram, crescent, crippling attack, crowd, crusade, cul-de-sac, curiosity, cuttingness, cycle, dap, dash, dead set at, dead-end street, deal with, delve, demand, descent on, desideration, desire, determination, dib, dibble, dig, dig out, dike, dint, direct, dirt road, dive, diversion, diversionary attack, dog, dredge, drift, drift off course, drill, drive at, drive on, driveway, driving force, drove, duress, dynamism, eagerness, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, effort, egg, elbow, energy, enforce, engine, enginery, enterprise, enterprisingness, enthusiasm, entrain, excavate, excursion, exhort, exigency, expedition, expressway, facility, fag, faith, falcon, fall down, fancy, fantasy, fetch away, fire, fish, fixture, flank, flank attack, flash, fleeting impulse, flock, flower power, flurry, flush, flutter, fly, fly-fish, follow the hounds, force, force majeure, forcefulness, forge ahead, forward, fowl, freeway, frontal attack, full blast, full force, furrow, gam, gang, gas, gas attack, get at, get-up-and-get, get-up-and-go, getaway, getup, gig, ginger, give an impetus, give momentum, go, go ahead, go all out, go by rail, go fishing, go hunting, go-ahead, go-getting, go-to-itiveness, goad, gouge, gouge out, grave, gravel road, great cause, grig, grip, groove, grub, guddle, guide, gumption, gun, gut response, guts, hammer, handle, haste, have, have in mind, hawk, head-on attack, helter-skelter, herd, high-pressure, highroad, highway, highways and byways, hint at, hold, hold the reins, holy war, hope, horme, host, hound, hunt, hunt down, hurry, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, impel, impellent, impelling force, impetus, imply, impressiveness, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incisiveness, incite, incitement, indicate, induce, industry, infatuate, infiltrate, infiltration, influence, initiative, inspiration, instigate, instinct, intellectual curiosity, intend, interest, interstate highway, intimate, involuntary impulse, irresistible force, issue, jab, jack, jacklight, jam, jig, jihad, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, journey, joyride, keenness, keep busy, kennel, kick, lane, lash, launch an attack, libido, lifework, lift, lightning attack, lightning war, litter, local road, lower, lunge, lust for learning, machine, machinery, main drag, main force, main road, main strength, make, make a train, make go, make leeway, make things hum, mana, manage, maneuver, manipulate, march against, march upon, mass attack, mass movement, mean, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, megadeath, mews, might, might and main, mightiness, mind, mine, mobilize, moil, moment, momentum, mordancy, motivate, motive power, motor, motorcycle, motorway, mount an attack, move, movement, moxie, mugging, muscle power, natural impulse, need, nervosity, nervousness, net, not let go, notion, nudge, oblige, obsess, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, open an offensive, operate, oppress, outing, overdrive, overkill, overtask, overtax, overwork, pack, panzer warfare, parkway, passion, pave, paved road, pay off, pedal, peel off, pep, pepper, perform on, persistence, pickup, pike, pile drive, pilot, pinch, piss and vinegar, pitch, pizzazz, place, plank road, play, pleasure, pleasure principle, plunge, pod, poignancy, poke, pole, poop, possess, potence, potency, potentiality, pound, power, power pack, power plant, power source, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, practice, preoccupy, prepotency, press, press on, pressure, prick, pride, primary highway, principle, private road, proceed, prod, productiveness, productivity, propel, propelling, propelment, propulsion, prowl after, puissance, pull, pulsion, punch, punch cattle, push, pushfulness, pushiness, pushing, pushingness, put in motion, quarry, quick hunch, quickening, race, ram, ram down, rash impulse, rattle, reason for being, refer to, reflex, require, restrain, ride, ride herd on, ride to hounds, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, roll, round up, route nationale, row, royal road, run, run against, run at, rush, sag, sally, sap, scamper, school, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scramble, scrape, scratch, scurry, scuttle, see to, seine, send, set agoing, set going, set in motion, sexual desire, shake, shepherd, shikar, shoal, shock tactics, shoot, shoot ahead, shoulder, shove, shovel, shoving, shrimp, shunt, sic, sinew, sinewiness, sink, skulk, sloth, snap, solo, sortie, spade, speed, speedup, speedway, spin, spirit, sport, spunk, spur, stab, stalk, stamp, starch, start, state highway, steam, steer, step lively, step-up, stick, still-fish, still-hunt, strain, street, strength, stress, strike, strive, strong arm, strong language, sudden thought, suggest, superhighway, superiority, superpower, sweat, sweep, sweep along, take a joyride, take care of, take the helm, tamp, task, tax, taxi, terrace, thirst for knowledge, thoroughfare, through street, thrust, thruway, tie, toil, toll road, tool, torch, tour, township road, track, trail, travel, trawl, treadle, trench, trenchancy, trip, troll, troop, trough, trundle, tug, tunnel, turn, turnpike, unprovoked assault, up-and-comingness, urge, urgency, use force upon, utility, validity, vehemence, velocity, venturesomeness, venturousness, verve, vigor, vigorousness, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, want, wanting, war, wattage, weight, whale, wheel, whip, whip on, whirl, will, will and pleasure, wish, wish fulfillment, work, wrangle, wynd, yaw, yaw off, zeal, zing, zip

Etymology
drifan:, originally meaning was more like "to push". The modern senses can all be seen to derive from this. For example, carts were driven (pushed) or drawn (pulled) long before automobiles were invented.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: samendrijven
 * Finnish:, paimentaa
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Manx: imman
 * Persian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: mâna
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: jazdiť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: driva, valla


 * Bulgarian: гоня
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ajaa


 * French: ,
 * Swedish: driva på


 * Dutch: indrijven
 * Finnish:, , pakottaa
 * French:


 * German: ,
 * Russian: забивать
 * Swedish: driva


 * Bulgarian: задвижвам
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, pyörittää, käyttää
 * French:


 * German:
 * Manx: imman
 * Swedish: driva, köra


 * Arabic: قاد, ساق
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: conduir
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 開車, 开车
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, rijden
 * Estonian: juhtima
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: चलाना
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: vehar


 * Irish: tiomáin
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 運転
 * Manx: imman
 * Occitan: menar
 * Persian:, روندن
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: charrar
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: riadiť, šoférovať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: conducir, guiar, manejar
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: framföra, köra
 * Urdu: چلانا


 * Bulgarian: мотивирам
 * Dutch: motiveren
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hebrew: הניע
 * Persian: انگیختن, برانگیختن
 * Swedish: driva, sporra


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pakottaa, ajaa


 * French:
 * Persian: واداشتن
 * Swedish: driva


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Swedish: driva


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: נהג


 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: لێخوڕین
 * Slovene: voziti se
 * Swedish: åka,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ajaa, kuljettaa, kuskata
 * French:


 * Hebrew: הסיע
 * Swedish: köra


 * : bleinañ
 * : mengemudi, mengemudikan, mengendalikan
 * : 運転する (うんてんする, unten-suru)

Noun

 * Bulgarian: стимул
 * Czech:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Swedish: drift, driv


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: eteneminen


 * Swedish: kampanj, tåg, fälttåg


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: drev


 * Bulgarian: возене
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: färd, tur, åktur


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,


 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: infart, uppfart


 * Czech:
 * German:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: väg


 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: drift, drivkraft


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: drivenhet


 * Finnish:


 * German: ,


 * Finnish: laakapallo


 * German:

Anagrams

 * diver
 * rived

Etymology 1
From drífa:.

Noun

 * 1) drift

Verb

 * 1) run
 * 2) force
 * 3) power
 * 4) drift
 * 1) drift

Etymology 2
From drive:.

Verb

 * 1) move; turn
 * 2) pursue
 * 3) deviate
 * 4) float; drift
 * 5) operate; run
 * 6) follow