The Meaning 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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
• (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
• (v. t.) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
• (v. t.) To pass away; -- said of time.
• (v. i.) To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
• (v. i.) To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
• (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.
• (v. i.) To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
• (v. i.) To distrain for rent.
• (p. p.) Driven.
• (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.
• (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
• (n.) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
• (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
• (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

Synonyms

thrust , driving force , campaign , cause , crusade , movement , effort , driveway , private road , driving , ride , parkway , motor , force , ram , repel , repulse , force back , push back , beat back , tug , labor , labour , push , get , aim , ride , take

Antonyms

attract

Homophones

dr , dr.

Rhymes

alive , archive , arrive , beehive , c5 , chive , clive , clyve , connive , contrive , deprive , derive , dive , dr , five , hive , jive , live , m5 , nosedive , overdrive , revive , shive , shrive , skive , strive , survive , thrive , vive