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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drive \Drive\, v. t. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drive \Drive\, n. 1. In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven. 2. (Golf) A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also the distance covered by such a stroke. 6. An implement used for driving; as: a A mallet. b A tamping iron. c A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops. d A wooden-headed golf club with a long shaft, for playing the longest strokes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drive \Drive\, v. i. (Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee. 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]: Drive \Drive\, v. i. 1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. --Dryden. Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. --Prescott. Time driveth onward fast And in a little while our lips are dumb. --Tennyson. 2. To be forced along to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. The hull drives on though mast and sail be torn. --Byron. The chaise drives to Mr Draper's chambers. --Thackeray. 3. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it as the coachman drove to my door. 4. To press forward; to aim or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at --South. 5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.] {To let drive}, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. ``Four rogues in buckram let drive at me.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), p. p. Driven. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), n. 1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback. 2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. 3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business. The Murdstonian drive in business. --M. Arnold. 4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. 5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.] Syn: See {Ride}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drive n 1: the act of applying force to propel something "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn: {thrust}, {driving force}] 2: a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds" 3: 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" [syn: {campaign}, {cause}, {crusade}, {movement}, {effort}] 4: a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway" [syn: {driveway}, {private road}] 5: the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers" 6: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" [syn: {driving}] 7: the act of driving a herd of animals overland 8: a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: {ride}] 9: a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire 10: (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium 11: a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" [syn: {parkway}] 12: a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) v 1: operate a vehicle; "drive a car or bus" 2: travel in a vehicle [syn: {motor}] 3: cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage" 4: physical or metaphorical, as in "She rammed her mind into focus" [syn: {force}, {run}, {ram}] 5: to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on "She is driven by her passion" 6: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: {repel}, {repulse}, {force back}, {push back}, {beat back}] [ant: {attract}] 7: compel somebody to do something often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs" 8: push or propel; "Drive the cows into the stable" 9: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field" 10: exert oneself; "She tugged for years to make a decent living" [syn: {tug}, {labor}, {labour}, {push}] 11: move into a certain direction; of a car "The van pulled up" [syn: {pull}] 12: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: {get}, {aim}] 13: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: {ride}] 14: "The car was driving down the road"; "The convertible tooled down the street" [syn: {tool}] 15: strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off in golf 16: hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically 17: excavate horizontally, in mining 18: cause to function; "The amplifier drives the tube" 19: search (an area) for game 20: chase (game) from cover into more open ground
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