Definition of Drive

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Definition of Drive

Drive

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.

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.

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.

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 pass away; -- said of time.

To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.

To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.

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.

To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.

To distrain for rent.

Driven.

The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.

A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.

A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.

Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.

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.

A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.

An implement used for driving;

A mallet.

A tamping iron.

A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.

A wooden-headed golf club with a long shaft, for playing the longest strokes.

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Drive Quotations

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
Albert Einstein

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.
Barack Obama

We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.
Barack Obama

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
Steven Wright

I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.
Mitch Hedberg

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
Peter Drucker

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.
Robert Frost

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
Dale Carnegie

Drive Translations

drive in Afrikaans is dryf
drive in Dutch is oprit, oprijlaan
drive in Finnish is karkottaa
drive in French is traquer, prise, entrainent, pousser, pourchasser
drive in German is antreiben, Laufwerk, Laufwerk/fahren, Antrieb {m}
drive in Italian is volare, andara, spingere, giro
drive in Latin is ago (egi actum ), veho, cogo

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