drive

== English == === Alternative forms === (type of public roadway): Dr. (when part of a specific street’s name) === Etymology === From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). === Pronunciation === enPR: drīv (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɹaɪv/, [d̠ɹ̠ ̝(ʷ)aɪv], (sometimes) [d͡ʒɹaɪv] (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɹɑev/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): [dɹɑe̯v] Rhymes: -aɪv === Verb === drive (third-person singular simple present drives, present participle driving, simple past drove or (archaic) drave or (dialectal) driv, past participle driven or (dialectal) druv or (dialectal) drove) To operate a vehicle: (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle). Synonym: ride Hyponym: test-drive (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle. Synonym: motorvate (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle. Synonym: take (transitive, slang, aviation) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot. Synonyms: fly, pilot (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal. To compel to move: (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on. Synonyms: drove, goad, herd (transitive) (especially animals) To cause to flee out of. Synonyms: flush, flush out, scare up To cause to move by the application of physical force: (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto. Synonyms: force, push (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate. Synonyms: move, operate (intransitive, sports, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive. (transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air. (transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force. To compel to undergo a non-physical change: (transitive) To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind. (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for. Synonyms: impel, incentivise, incentivize, push, urge; see also Thesaurus:incite (transitive) To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something). Synonyms: compel, force, oblige, push, require (transitive) To cause to become. Synonyms: make, send, render 1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Maud, XXV, 1. in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, p. 90,[1] And then to hear a dead man chatter Is enough to drive one mad. (transitive) To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way. Synonyms: coerce, intimidate, threaten; see also Thesaurus:intimidate (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state. (intransitive) To move forcefully. Synonyms: onrush, plough (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship). (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. Synonyms: continue, carry on, pursue (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained. Synonyms: empty, evacuate, void (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. Synonym: tunnel 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures If the miners find no ore, they drive or cut a gallery from the pit a short distance at right angles to the direction of the lodes found (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field. (obsolete) To distrain for rent. To be the dominant party in a sex act. (Can we add an example for this sense?) Synonym: dominate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: драйв (drajv) → Scottish Gaelic: draibh → Ukrainian: драйв (drajv) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === drive (countable and uncountable, plural drives) Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation. Synonyms: ambition, grit, push, verve, motivation, get-up-and-go, self-motivation Antonyms: inertia, lack of motivation, laziness, phlegm, sloth Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business. (by extension) An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted. An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd. Synonyms: drove, drift (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective. Synonyms: attack, push Certain mechanisms in vehicles. A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part. Synonyms: gear, engine, motor The location of the steering wheel used to control a vehicle. (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.) An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). Synonyms: ride, spin, trip The act of driving a car with no destination in mind, generally to see the scenery, be alone with one's thoughts or to spend time with a partner. Certain surfaces for driving on. (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. A driveway. Synonyms: approach, driveway (generally, capitalized) A type of public roadway. Synonyms: avenue, boulevard, road, street (psychology) Desire or interest. Synonyms: desire, impetus, impulse, urge 1995 March 2, John Carman, "Believe It, You Saw It in Sweeps", SFGate [9] On the latter show, former Playboy Playmate Carrie Westcott said she'd never met a man who could match her sexual drive. (computer hardware) A device for reading and writing data. (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk. Synonym: disk drive Hyponym: floppy drive (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data. Hyponyms: hard drive, flash drive The state of being under pressure, stressed and hurried. (golf) A stroke made with a driver. (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket. (soccer) A straight level shot or pass. (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity. (philanthropy) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive. (retail) A campaign aimed at selling or promoting (something). (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift. A collection of objects that are driven. A mass of logs to be floated down a river or the act of moving them thusly. (UK, especially Bristol and Wales, slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver. ==== Usage notes ==== In connection with a mass-storage device, originally the word drive referred solely to the reading and writing mechanism. For the storage device itself, the word disk or disc (depending on the type of device) was used instead. This remains a valid distinction for components such as floppy drives or CD drives, in which the drive and the disk are separate and independent items. For other devices, such as hard disks and flash drives, the reading, writing and storage components are combined into an integrated whole, and cannot be separated without destroying the device. In these cases, the words disk and drive are used interchangeably. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Verdi, deriv., diver, rived, vired == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish drivæ, from Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, cognate with Swedish driva, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /driːvə/, [ˈd̥ʁiːʋə], [ˈd̥ʁiːʊ] ==== Verb ==== drive (imperative driv, present driver, past drev, past participle drevet, c dreven, definite or plural drevne) (transitive) to force, drive, impel (to put in motion) (transitive) to run (a business) (transitive) to engage in, carry on (an activity or an interest) (transitive) to power (to give power to) (intransitive) to drift, float (to move slowly) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== “drive,3” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse drífa f, derived from the verb. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /driːvə/, [ˈd̥ʁiːʋə], [ˈd̥ʁiːʊ] ==== Noun ==== drive c (singular definite driven, plural indefinite driver) drift (a pile of snow) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== snedrive ==== References ==== “drive,1” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 3 === From English drive. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /drajv/, [ˈd̥ɹɑjʋ] ==== Noun ==== drive c (singular definite driven, not used in plural form) (psychology) drive (desire or interest, self-motivation) ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== drive n (singular definite drivet, plural indefinite drives) (golf) drive (stroke made with a driver) ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “drive,2” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʁajv/ Homophones: drivent, drives === Verb === drive inflection of driver: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare with Swedish driva, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben. === Verb === drive (imperative driv, present tense driver, passive drives, simple past drev or dreiv, past participle drevet, present tense drivende) to move; turn to pursue to deviate to float; drift to operate; run to follow to drive, propel ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “drive” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === drive (present tense driv, past tense dreiv, supine drive, past participle driven, present participle drivande, imperative driv) alternative form of driva ==== Derived terms ==== drivverdig fordrive == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English drive. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ajvi === Noun === drive (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural drives) (computer hardware) drive (a mass-storage device) === Further reading === “drive”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “drive”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Scots == === Etymology === Derived from the verb, from Old English drīfan. === Noun === drive (plural drives) a drive a forceful blow, a swipe === Verb === drive (third-person singular present drives, present participle drivin, past drave, past participle driven) to drive == Yola == === Verb === drive alternative form of dhreeve === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 132