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29 Definitions of: drive

1. verb, to push, propel, or be pushed or propelled
2. verb, to control and guide the movement of (a vehicle, draught animal, etc)
3. verb, to compel or urge to work or act, esp excessively
4. verb, to goad or force into a specified attitude or state
5. verb, to cause (an object) to make or form (a hole, crack, etc)
6. verb, to move or cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
7. verb, sport to hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically
8. verb, golf to strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off
9. verb, a) to chase (game) from cover into more open ground b) to search (an area) for game
10. verb, to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle
11. verb, to rush or dash violently, esp against an obstacle or solid object
12. verb, to carry through or transact with vigour (esp in the phrase drive a hard bargain)
13. verb, to force (a component) into or out of its location by means of blows or a press
14. verb, mining to excavate horizontally
15. verb, to fell (a tree or trees) by the impact of another felled tree
16. verb, drive home a) to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent b) to make clear by special emphasis
17. noun, the act of driving
18. noun, a trip or journey in a driven vehicle
19. noun, a) a road for vehicles, esp a private road leading to a house b) (capital when part of a street name)
20. noun, vigorous or urgent pressure, as in business
21. noun, a united effort, esp directed towards a common goal
22. noun, a large gathering of persons to play cards, etc
23. noun, energy, ambition, or initiative
24. noun, psychol a motive or interest, such as sex, hunger, or ambition, that actuates an organism to attain a goal
25. noun, a sustained and powerful military offensive
26. noun, a) the means by which force, torque, motion, or power is transmitted in a mechanism b) (as modifier)
27. noun, sport a hard straight shot or stroke
28. noun, a search for and chasing of game towards waiting guns
29. noun, electronics the signal applied to the input of an amplifier
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Synonyms:	ambition, motivation, work, enterprise, journey, campaign, herd, energy, impel, force	And more...

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