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Meaning
Noun
●
Planned, usually
long-lasting
,
effort
to
achieve
something; ability
coupled
with
ambition
,
determination
, and motivation.
●
Violent or
rapid
motion
; a
rushing
onward
or
away
; especially, a
forced
or
hurried
dispatch
of business.
●
An
act
of
driving
(prompting)
game
animals
forward, to be
captured
or hunted.
●
An
act
of
driving
(prompting)
livestock
animals
forward, to
transport
a herd.
●
In Military:
A
sustained
advance
in the face of
the
enemy
to take a
strategic
objective.
●
A
mechanism
used to power or give
motion
to a
vehicle
or other
machine
or
machine
part.
●
A
trip
made in a
vehicle
(now
generally
in a
motor
vehicle
).
●
A driveway.
●
A type of public roadway.
●
A place
suitable
or
agreeable
for
driving
;
a road
prepared
for
driving
.
●
In Psychology:
Desire or interest.
●
In Computer hardware:
An
apparatus
for
reading
and
writing
data
to or from a
mass storage
device
such as a disk.
●
In Computer hardware:
A
mass storage
device
in which the
mechanism
for
reading
and
writing
data
is
integrated
with the
mechanism
for
storing
data
.
●
In Golf:
A
stroke
made with a driver.
●
In Baseball & Tennis:
A
ball
struck
in
a flat
trajectory.
●
In Cricket:
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.
●
In Football (soccer):
A
straight
level
shot
or pass.
●
In Football (American):
An
offensive
possession
,
generally
one
consisting of
several
plays
and/ or
first downs
, often
leading
to a
scoring
opportunity.
●
A
charity
event
such as a
fundraiser
,
bake sale
, or
toy
drive.
●
A
campaign
aimed at
selling
more
of a certain
product, e.g. by
offering
a discount.
●
In Typography:
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.
Verb
●
To provide an
impetus
for
motion
or other
physical change
, to
move
an
object
by means of
the
provision
of
force
thereto.
●
To provide an
impetus
for a non-physical change, especially a change in
one's
state of mind.
●
To
displace
either
physically
or non-physically, through the
application
of force.
●
In Philanthropy:
To cause
intrinsic motivation
through the
application
or
demonstration
of
force
: to
impel
or
urge
onward
thusly
, to
compel
to
move on
, to
coerce
,
intimidate
or threaten.
●
(especially of
animals
) To
impel
or
urge
onward
by
force
; to
push forward
; to
compel
to
move
on.
●
To
direct
a
vehicle
powered
by a
horse
,
ox
or
similar
animal.
●
In Philanthropy:
To cause
animals
to
flee
out of.
●
To
move
(something) by
hitting
it with great force.
●
In Philanthropy:
To cause (a
mechanism
) to operate.
●
To
operate
(a
wheeled
motorized
vehicle).
●
In Aviation:
To
operate
(an aircraft).
●
To
motivate
; to provide an
incentive
for.
●
To
compel
(to do something).
●
In Philanthropy:
To cause to become.
●
In Baseball, Cricket & Tennis:
To
hit
the
ball
with a drive.
●
To
travel
by
operating
a
wheeled
motorized
vehicle.
●
To
convey
(a person, etc.) in a
wheeled
motorized
vehicle.
●
To
move
forcefully.
●
To be
moved
or
propelled
forcefully
(especially of a ship).
●
To
urge
,
press
, or
bring to
a point or state.
●
To
carry
or to
keep in
motion
; to
conduct
; to prosecute.
●
To
clear
, by
forcing
away
what is contained.
●
In Mining:
To
dig
horizontally
; to
cut
a
horizontal
gallery
or tunnel.
●
In Football (American):
To
put together
a
drive
(n.): to
string together
offensive
plays
and
advance the ball
down the field.
●
To
distrain
for rent.
●
To
separate
the
lighter
(feathers or down) from the
heavier
, by
exposing
them to a current of air.
●
To be the
dominant
party
in a
sex
act.
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Origin
drive
English
driven
Middle English (1100-1500)
drifan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Ambition
Grit
Push
Verve
Motivation
Get-Up-And-Go
Drove
Attack
Gear
Engine
Ride
Spin
Trip
Approach
Driveway
Avenue
Boulevard
Road
Street
Desire
Impetus
Impulse
Urge
Force
Move
Operate
Impel
Incentivise
Incentivize
Motivate
Compel
Oblige
Require
Make
Send
Render
Motorvate
Take
Herd
Enthusiasm
Mechanism
Motor
Propel
Disk Drive
Line Drive
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Antonyms
Inertia
Laziness
Phlegm
Sloth
Indulge
Related
Commute
Fly
Pull
Accelerate
Plow
Run
Direct
Train
Power
Walk
Cruise
Steer
Disk
Boost
Stroll
Advance
Stimulate
Promote
Guide
Influence
Drag
Car
Bring
Travel
Support
Park
Turn
Facilitate
Chase
Control
Spur
Carry
Shift
Pass
Path
Hdd
Journey
Fuel
Vehicle
Deliver
Encourage
Belt
Hard Disk
More
Rhymes
Five
Wive
Rive
Jive
Dive
I'Ve
Gyve
Hive
Live
Slive
Swive
Skive
Clive
Alive
Chive
Drive
Shrive
Arrive
Strive
Thrive
Revive
Unlive
Belive
Connive
Survive
Contrive
Twenty-Five
Eighty-Five
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