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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Drive  \Drive\  (dr[imac]v),  v.  t.  [imp.  {Drove}  (dr[=o]v), 
  formerly  {Drave}  (dr[=a]v);  p.  p.  {Driven}  (dr[i^]v'n);  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Driving}.]  [AS.  dr[=i]fan;  akin  to  OS 
  dr[=i]ban,  D.  drijven,  OHG.  tr[=i]ban,  G.  treiben  Icel. 
  dr[=i]fa,  Goth.  dreiban  Cf  {Drift},  {Drove}.] 
  1.  To  impel  or  urge  onward  by  force  in  a  direction  away  from 
  one  or  along  before  one  to  push  forward;  to  compel  to 
  move  on  to  communicate  motion  to  as  to  drive  cattle;  to 
  drive  a  nail;  smoke  drives  persons  from  a  room 
 
  A  storm  came  on  and  drove  them  into  Pylos.  --Jowett 
  (Thucyd.  ). 
 
  Shield  pressed  on  shield,  and  man  drove  man  along 
  --Pope. 
 
  Go  drive  the  deer  and  drag  the  finny  prey.  --Pope. 
 
  2.  To  urge  on  and  direct  the  motions  of  as  the  beasts  which 
  draw  a  vehicle,  or  the  vehicle  borne  by  them  hence  also 
  to  take  in  a  carriage;  to  convey  in  a  vehicle  drawn  by 
  beasts;  as  to  drive  a  pair  of  horses  or  a  stage;  to  drive 
  a  person  to  his  own  door. 
 
  How  .  .  .  proud  he  was  to  drive  such  a  brother! 
  --Thackeray. 
 
  3.  To  urge,  impel,  or  hurry  forward;  to  force;  to  constrain; 
  to  urge,  press,  or  bring  to  a  point  or  state;  as  to  drive 
  a  person  by  necessity,  by  persuasion,  by  force  of 
  circumstances,  by  argument,  and  the  like  ``  Enough  to 
  drive  one  mad.''  --Tennyson. 
 
  He  driven  to  dismount,  threatened,  if  I  did  not  do 
  the  like  to  do  as  much  for  my  horse  as  fortune  had 
  done  for  his  --Sir  P. 
  Sidney. 
 
  4.  To  carry  or  to  keep  in  motion;  to  conduct;  to  prosecute. 
  [Now  used  only  colloquially.]  --Bacon. 
 
  The  trade  of  life  can  not  be  driven  without 
  partners.  --Collier. 
 
  5.  To  clear,  by  forcing  away  what  is  contained. 
 
  To  drive  the  country,  force  the  swains  away 
  --Dryden. 
 
  6.  (Mining)  To  dig  Horizontally;  to  cut  a  horizontal  gallery 
  or  tunnel.  --Tomlinson. 
 
  7.  To  pass  away  --  said  of  time.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  Note:  Drive,  in  all  its  senses  implies  forcible  or  violent 
  action  It  is  the  reverse  of  to  lead.  To  drive  a  body 
  is  to  move  it  by  applying  a  force  behind;  to  lead  is  to 
  cause  to  move  by  applying  the  force  before  or  in 
  front.  It  takes  a  variety  of  meanings,  according  to  the 
  objects  by  which  it  is  followed;  as  to  drive  an 
  engine,  to  direct  and  regulate  its  motions;  to  drive 
  logs,  to  keep  them  in  the  current  of  a  river  and  direct 
  them  in  their  course;  to  drive  feathers  or  down  to 
  place  them  in  a  machine,  which  by  a  current  of  air, 
  drives  off  the  lightest  to  one  end  and  collects  them 
  by  themselves.  ``My  thrice-driven  bed  of  down.'' 
  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Driving  \Driv"ing\,  a. 
  1.  Having  great  force  of  impulse;  as  a  driving  wind  or 
  storm. 
 
  2.  Communicating  force;  impelling;  as  a  driving  shaft. 
 
  {Driving  axle},  the  axle  of  a  driving  wheel,  as  in  a 
  locomotive. 
 
  {Driving  box}  (Locomotive),  the  journal  box  of  a  driving 
  axle.  See  Illust.  of  {Locomotive}. 
 
  {Driving  note}  (Mus.),  a  syncopated  note;  a  tone  begun  on  a 
  weak  part  of  a  measure  and  held  through  the  next  accented 
  part  thus  anticipating  the  accent  and  driving  it  through 
 
 
  {Driving  spring},  a  spring  fixed  upon  the  box  of  the  driving 
  axle  of  a  locomotive  engine  to  support  the  weight  and 
  deaden  shocks.  [Eng.]  --Weale. 
 
  {Driving  wheel}  (Mach.),  a  wheel  that  communicates  motion; 
  one  of  the  large  wheels  of  a  locomotive  to  which  the 
  connecting  rods  of  the  engine  are  attached;  --  called 
  also  simply,  driver.  See  Illust.  of  {Locomotive}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Driving  \Driv"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  forcing  or  urging  something  along  the  act  of 
  pressing  or  moving  on  furiously. 
 
  2.  Tendency;  drift.  [R.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  driving 
  adj  1:  having  the  power  of  driving  or  impelling;  "a  driving 
  personal  ambition";  "the  driving  force  was  his  innate 
  enthusiasm";  "an  impulsive  force"  [syn:  {impulsive}] 
  2:  acting  with  vigor;  "responsibility  turned  the  spoiled 
  playboy  into  a  driving  young  executive" 
  n  1:  hitting  a  golf  ball  off  of  a  tee  with  a  driver;  "he  sliced 
  his  drive  out  of  bounds"  [syn:  {drive}] 
  2:  the  act  of  controlling  and  steering  the  movement  of  a 
  vehicle  or  animal  [syn:  {motoring}] 




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