Drive | Mean of drive in English Dictionary

/ˈdraɪv/

• Verb
• to direct the movement of (a car, truck, bus, etc.)
1. He drove the car down a bumpy road.
2. She drives a taxi. [=her job is driving a taxi]
3. Do you want to drive or should I?
4. He is learning to drive.
• to move in a specified manner or direction
1. The car stopped and then drove off.
2. A car drove by us slowly.
3. The bus slowly drove away.
• to travel in a car
1. We drove all night and arrived at dawn.
2. Are you driving or flying to Canada? [=will you travel to Canada by car or airplane?]
3. We drove (for) eight hours yesterday.
4. We drove 160 miles to get here.
5. I drive on/along this route every day.
6. I drive this route every day.

• to take (someone or something) to a place in a car, truck, etc.
1. I drove her to the train station this morning.
2. I had to drive myself to the hospital.
3. Her mom drove us home.
• to own and use (a vehicle of a specified kind)
1. He drives a pickup/motorcycle.
2. She drives a Ford.
• to move (people or animals) to or from a place by using force
1. Cowboys drove the herds across the prairie.
2. They drove the invaders back across the border.
3. Thousands of people have been driven from their homes. [=have been forced to leave their homes]
• to push (something) with force
1. drive a nail with a hammer
2. He drove a nail into the wall.
3. She drove the sword into her enemy's side.
• to make (a machine or vehicle) work or move
1. Electricity drives the machinery.
2. a steam-driven turbine [=a turbine that gets its power from steam]
3. What drives the economy?
4. a market-driven industry
• to cause (someone) to behave in a particular way
1. They were driven [=motivated] by hunger to steal.
2. Poverty drove them to a life of crime.
3. Ambition drove her to succeed.
• to force (someone) to work very hard
1. The sergeant drove the recruits.
2. The team was driven hard by the coach.
3. He's been driving himself too hard. [=he's been working too hard]
• to bring (someone) into a particular condition
1. That noise is driving me insane/crazy.
2. The new store drove him out of business. [=caused him to go out of business]
3. Her perfume drives me wild. [=gets me sexually excited]
• to cause (a price, number, etc.) to increase or decrease
1. The government report drove stock prices up.
2. An increase in investments is driving down interest rates.
• to move toward or through something with a lot of force or speed
1. He took a pass and drove to/toward the basket/net.
2. The running back drove through the line of scrimmage.
• to hit or kick (a ball or puck) with a lot of force or speed
1. She drove the (golf) ball down the fairway.
2. He drove the puck into the net.
• to fall or blow with great force
1. The rain drove against the windows.
• to attempt to say or do (something)
1. I have no idea what he was driving at.
2. I think I see what you're driving at.
• to cause or force (someone) to leave especially by making a situation unpleasant or unattractive
1. The store's high prices are driving away customers.
• to cause (a run or runner) to score
1. He drove in another run.
2. The hit drove him in for a 5–4 lead.
• to cause or force (someone or something) to leave
1. They drove off the invaders.
• Noun
• a journey in a car
1. It's a two-hour drive to the beach.
2. Her house is an hour's drive east of Los Angeles.
3. We took a pleasant drive in the country.
4. Would you like to go for a drive?
• a hard area or small road outside of a house where cars can be parked
1. A white car was parked in the drive.
• an effort made by a group of people to achieve a goal, to collect money, etc.
1. a fund-raising drive
2. The school holds a canned food drive every winter.
3. a membership drive [=an effort to get more people to join a group, club, etc.]
• a strong natural need or desire
1. The need for food and water are basic drives for all living things.
2. Sex drive [=the desire to have sex] generally decreases as you get older.
• a strong desire for success
1. She is an ambitious young woman, full of drive and determination.
• a device in a computer that can read information off and copy information onto disks or tape
1. Insert the disk into the floppy drive.
2. a CD-ROM drive
• the way power from an engine controls and directs the movement of a vehicle
1. The car has front-wheel/rear-wheel drive.
• a condition in which the gears of a vehicle are working in a way that allows the vehicle to move forward
1. He put the car in/into drive and pulled onto the street.
• a ball, puck, etc., that is hit very hard
1. He hit a hard/long drive down the left-field line.
• a long shot that is hit from a tee
1. She hit her drive into the rough.
• a long or forceful military attack on an enemy
1. an armored drive into enemy territory
• a series of plays that move the ball down the field toward the opponent's end zone
1. They scored a touchdown following a ten-play drive.
• an act of leading cattle or sheep over land and keeping them in a group
1. a cattle drive