drive
Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver.
“he sliced his drive out of bounds”
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
“the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant”
A wide scenic road planted with trees.
“the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views”
A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine.
“a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds”
A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire.
The act of applying force to propel something.
“after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium.
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash).
A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile).
“he took the family for a drive in his new car”
The act of driving a herd of animals overland.
The trait of being highly motivated.
“his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers”
Travel or be transported in a vehicle.
Proceed along in a vehicle.
“We drive the turnpike to work”
Cause someone or something to move by driving.
Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling.
“The amplifier drives the tube”
“steam drives the engines”
Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force.
“drive the ball far out into the field”
Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment.
Excavate horizontally.
“drive a tunnel”
Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally.
“drive a ball”
(hunting) chase from cover into more open ground.
“drive the game”
(hunting) search for game.
“drive the forest”
Move by being propelled by a force.
Operate or control a vehicle.
“drive a car or bus”
“Can you drive this four-wheel truck?”
Push, propel, or press with force.
Strike with a driver, as in teeing off.
“drive a golf ball”
To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly.
“She is driven by her passion”
Urge forward.
“drive the cows into the barn”
Work as a driver.
“He drives a bread truck”
“She drives for the taxi company in Newark”
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically.
“He drives me mad”
Have certain properties when driven.
“My new truck drives well”