drive
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Is drive a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of drive?
Definition
verb (English)
1. To operate a vehicle:Examples: "The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over."; "This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do."Synonyms: rideergativetransitive
2. To operate a vehicle:Examples: "I drive to work every day."Synonyms: motorvateintransitive
3. To operate a vehicle:Examples: "My cousin drove me to the airport."Synonyms: taketransitive
4. To operate a vehicle:Examples: "drive a 737"Synonyms: fly, pilotslangtransitive
5. To operate a vehicle:Examples: "There is a litter ready; lay him in’t And drive towards Dover, friend, where thou shalt meet Both welcome and protection."; "We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines."intransitivetransitive
6. To compel to move:Examples: "to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field"Synonyms: drove, goad, herdtransitive
noun (English)
1. (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.Examples: "Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous."; "On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces had recaptured Kassala on January 19) the drive was generally eastward towards the capital, Asmara, and the Red Sea port of Massaua."Synonyms: attack, pushcountableuncountable
2. (automotive) The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)Examples: "Normally you should be in drive, although you can select a lower gear such as 2 or 1 for certain conditions, such as prolonged downhill stretches."countableuncountable
3. (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.countabledateduncountable
4. (psychology) Desire or interest.Examples: "1995 March 2, John Carman, "Believe It, You Saw It in Sweeps", SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Believe-It-You-Saw-It-In-Sweeps-3043091.php On the latter show, former Playboy Playmate Carrie Westcott said she'd never met a man who could match her sexual drive."Synonyms: desire, impetus, impulse, urgecountableuncountable
5. (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.Synonyms: disk drivecountableuncountable
6. (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary