drive

Pronunciation: /dɹaɪv/

The English word “drive” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
(especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
(especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
To hit the ball with a drive.
To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
To cause to become.
To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
To move forcefully.
To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).

Etymology

From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognates Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), Yola dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driiv, driiw, driwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to drive; to…

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