drive | (noun) a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) | Synonyms: ride |
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(noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, crusade, effort, movement |
(noun) hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver | Synonyms: driving |
(noun) the act of applying force to propel something | Synonyms: driving force, thrust |
(noun) (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) | - |
(noun) the act of driving a herd of animals overland | - |
(noun) a wide scenic road planted with trees | Synonyms: parkway |
(noun) a road leading up to a private house | Synonyms: driveway, private road |
(noun) a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine | - |
(noun) (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium | - |
(noun) the trait of being highly motivated | - |
(noun) a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire | - |
(verb) move into a desired direction of discourse | Synonyms: aim, get |
(verb) (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground | - |
(verb) (hunting) search for game | - |
(verb) cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling | - |
(verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | Synonyms: force, ram |
(verb) cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force | - |
(verb) hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally | - |
(verb) strike with a driver, as in teeing off | - |
(verb) excavate horizontally | - |
(verb) push, propel, or press with force | - |
(verb) cause to move back by force or influence | Synonyms: beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse |
(verb) compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment | - |
(verb) travel or be transported in a vehicle | Synonyms: motor |
(verb) operate or control a vehicle | - |
(verb) cause someone or something to move by driving | - |
(verb) move by being propelled by a force | - |
(verb) urge forward | - |
(verb) proceed along in a vehicle | Synonyms: take |
(verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | Synonyms: labor, labour, push, tug |
(verb) to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly | - |
(verb) work as a driver | - |
(verb) have certain properties when driven | Synonyms: ride |
drivel | (noun) saliva spilling from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drool, slobber |
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(noun) a worthless message | Synonyms: garbage |
(verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber |
driveller | (noun) someone whose talk is trivial drivel | Synonyms: jabberer |
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(noun) a person who dribbles | Synonyms: dribbler, drooler, slobberer |
driven | (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: compulsive, determined |
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(adjective) compelled forcibly by an outside agency | Synonyms: goaded |
(adjective) urged or forced to action through moral pressure | Synonyms: impelled |
driver | (noun) a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee | Synonyms: number one wood |
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(noun) (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device | Synonyms: device driver |
(noun) the operator of a motor vehicle | - |
(noun) a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver | - |
(noun) someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle | - |
driveshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application | - |
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driveway | (noun) a road leading up to a private house | Synonyms: drive, private road |
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driving | (adjective) having the power of driving or impelling | Synonyms: impulsive |
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(adjective) acting with vigor | - |
(noun) the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal | - |
(noun) hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver | Synonyms: drive |