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Noun drive has 12 senses
- drive, thrust, driving force - the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
--1 is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--1 has particulars: firewall; impulse, impulsion, impetus
- drive - a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"
--2 is a kind of mechanism
--2 has particulars: fusee drive, fusee
- campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
--3 is a kind of venture
--3 has particulars: | | advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz; anti-war movement; consumerism; campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign; ecumenical movement; fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort; feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib; gay liberation movement, gay lib; lost cause; reform; war; youth movement, youth crusade |
- driveway, drive, private road - a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway"
--4 is a kind of road, route
--4 has parts: turnaround
- drive - the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"
--5 is a kind of trait
--5 has particulars:
- drive, driving - hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds"
--6 is a kind of golf stroke, golf shot, swing
- drive - the act of driving a herd of animals overland
--7 is a kind of transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
--7 has particulars: cattle drive
- drive, ride - a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car"
--8 is a kind of journey, journeying
--8 has particulars: lift; joyride; spin
- drive - a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
--9 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition
--9 has particulars: hunger, hungriness; thirst; sex drive; hypoxia
- drive - (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
--10 is a kind of device
--10 has parts: spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor
--10 has particulars:
- drive, parkway - a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"
--11 is a kind of road, route
- drive - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
--12 is a kind of return
--12 has particulars: forehand drive; backhand drive
Verb drive has 22 senses
- drive - operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
--1 is one way to operate, control
Sample sentence:
They drive the car down the avenue
- drive, motor - travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
They drive up the hill
- drive - cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- force, drive, ram - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
--4 is one way to thrust
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- drive - to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"
--5 is one way to coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
Sample sentence:
They drive him to write the letter
- repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back - cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
--6 is one way to push, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- drive - compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"
--7 is one way to make
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- drive - push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall"
--8 is one way to propel, impel
Sample sentence:
The horses drive across the field
- drive - cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field"
--9 is one way to throw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- tug, labor, labour, push, drive - strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
--10 is one way to fight, struggle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- drive, get, aim - move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
--11 is one way to mean, intend
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- drive, ride - have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"
Sample sentence:
These cars won't drive
- drive - work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
--13 is one way to work, do work
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- drive - move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner"
--14 is a kind of drive; travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- drive - urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
--15 is one way to push, force
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- drive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
--16 is one way to traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- drive - strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golfball"
--17 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- drive - hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically; "drive a ball"
--18 is one way to hit
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Somebody ----s something
- drive - excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"
--19 is one way to excavate, dig, hollow
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Somebody ----s something
- drive - cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer"
--20 is one way to power
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- drive - hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
--21 is one way to hunt, run, hunt down, track down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- drive - hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"
--22 is one way to hunt, run, hunt down, track down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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