drive
verb
[ drʌɪv ]
• operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
• "he got into his car and drove off"
Similar:
operate,
pilot,
steer,
handle,
manage,
guide,
direct,
navigate,
travel by car,
go by car,
motor,
travel on wheels,
tool along,
bowl along,
spin,
• propel or carry along by force in a specified direction.
• "the wind will drive you onshore"
• urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction.
• "they drove a flock of sheep through the centre of the city"
• (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.
• "he was driven by ambition"
Similar:
force,
compel,
constrain,
impel,
press,
prompt,
precipitate,
catapult,
oblige,
coerce,
make,
pressure,
goad,
spur,
prod,
drive
noun
• a trip or journey in a car.
• "they went for a drive in the country"
Similar:
excursion,
outing,
trip,
jaunt,
tour,
turn,
ride,
run,
journey,
hurl,
spin,
joyride,
• an innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need.
• "emotional and sexual drives"
• an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a purpose.
• "a recruitment drive by the police"
• the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle.
• "he experimented with chain drive to run the propeller"
• (in ball games) a forceful stroke made with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot against the ball.
• "a hard drive to left field"
• an act of driving a group of animals to a particular destination.
• "cattle were no longer taken on long drives, but were delivered by rail"
Origin:
Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben .
