Drive can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
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| drive - operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?" | ||
| drive - cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage" | ||
| drive - travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" | ||
| drive - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" | ||
| drive - strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball" | ||
| drive - have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" | ||
| drive - work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark" | ||
| drive - move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner" | ||
| drive - cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field" | ||
| drive - push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall" | ||
| drive - to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion" | ||
| drive - move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| drive - compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs" | ||
| drive - hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball" | ||
| drive - excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel" | ||
| drive - cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer" | ||
| drive - hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game" | ||
| drive - urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn" | ||
| drive - hunting: search for game; "drive the forest" | ||
| drive - cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" | ||
| drive - strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" | ||
| drive - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" | ||
Noun |
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| drive - a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" | ||
| drive - (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium | ||
| drive - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) | ||
| drive - a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" | ||
| drive - the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers" | ||
| drive - a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire | ||
| drive - the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" | ||
| drive - hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" | ||
| drive - a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds" | ||
| drive - the act of driving a herd of animals overland | ||
| drive - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" | ||
| drive - a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway" |
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| 1. | noun | He took the family for a drive in his new car. | |
| 2. | noun | The riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views. | |
| 3. | noun | His drive and energy exhausted his co-workers. | |
| 4. | noun | After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off. | |
| 5. | noun | He sliced his drive out of bounds. | |
| 6. | noun | A variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds. | |
| 7. | noun | The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant. | |
| 8. | noun | I was to see that the doors were open and the signal of a green or white light in a window which faced the drive was to give notice if all was safe or if the attempt had better be postponed. | |
| 9. | noun | I admit that I should have paid attention to this kind of little things while test drive. | |
| 10. | noun | I live nearly two hours away and yet I will still make the drive to see them! | |
| 11. | noun | He showed me the car I was interested in and we took a test drive. | |
| 12. | noun | Why don't we drive out to the country for a change of pace? | |
| 13. | noun | Activists are stepping up their protest drive. | |
| 14. | noun | Save it on the external hard drive. | |
| 15. | noun | Let's drive as far as the sea. | |
| 16. | verb | Drive a car or bus. | |
| 17. | verb | Can you drive this four-wheel truck? | |
| 18. | verb | We drive the turnpike to work. | |
| 19. | verb | Drive a golf ball. | |
| 20. | verb | Drive the ball far out into the field. | |
| 21. | verb | Drive a nail into the wall. | |
| 22. | verb | Drive a ball. | |
| 23. | verb | Drive a tunnel. | |
| 24. | verb | Drive the game. | |
| 25. | verb | Drive the cows into the barn. | |
| 26. | verb | Drive the forest. | |
| 27. | verb | Will you drive on that day? | |
| 28. | verb | rent car & drive to first hotel (less than 1 hour away); collapse. | |
| 29. | verb | Sat. Sept. 23 - Drive to St. Tropez - through Nice , Cannes & other coastal towns, check-in mid afternoon. | |
| 30. | verb | Tue. Sept. 26 - Drive to Nice, return car, fly to Paris. |
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| noun | |
| He took the family for a drive in his new car. |
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| The riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views. |
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| His drive and energy exhausted his co-workers. |
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| After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off. |
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| He sliced his drive out of bounds. |
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| A variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds. |
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| The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant. |
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| I was to see that the doors were open and the signal of a green or white light in a window which faced the drive was to give notice if all was safe or if the attempt had better be postponed. |
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| I admit that I should have paid attention to this kind of little things while test drive. |
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| I live nearly two hours away and yet I will still make the drive to see them! |
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| He showed me the car I was interested in and we took a test drive. |
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| Why don't we drive out to the country for a change of pace? | |
| Activists are stepping up their protest drive. | |
| Save it on the external hard drive. | |
| Let's drive as far as the sea. | |
| verb | |
| Drive a car or bus. |
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| Can you drive this four-wheel truck? |
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| We drive the turnpike to work. |
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| Drive a golf ball. |
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| Drive the ball far out into the field. |
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| Drive a nail into the wall. |
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| Drive a ball. |
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| Drive a tunnel. |
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| Drive the game. |
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| Drive the cows into the barn. |
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| Drive the forest. |
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| Will you drive on that day? |
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| rent car & drive to first hotel (less than 1 hour away); collapse. |
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| Sat. Sept. 23 - Drive to St. Tropez - through Nice , Cannes & other coastal towns, check-in mid afternoon. |
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| Tue. Sept. 26 - Drive to Nice, return car, fly to Paris. |
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