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DRIVE
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Irregular inflected forms: driven , drove
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of applying force to propel something
Example:
after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
Synonyms:
drive; driving force; thrust
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
firewall ((colloquial) the application of maximum thrust)
impetus; impulse; impulsion (the act of applying force suddenly)
Derivation:
drive (cause to move back by force or influence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
Example:
he took the family for a drive in his new car
Synonyms:
drive; ride
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
lift (a ride in a car)
joyride (a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure)
spin (a short drive in a car)
Derivation:
drive (travel or be transported in a vehicle)
drive (proceed along in a vehicle)
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
drive (cause someone or something to move by driving)
drive (move by being propelled by a force)
drive (work as a driver)
drive (have certain properties when driven)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of driving a herd of animals overland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
cattle drive (driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers))
Sense 4
Meaning:
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)
Domain category:
squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)
lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
forehand drive ((sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash))
backhand drive (a hard straight return made on the backhand side)
Derivation:
drive (hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally)
drive (cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force)
drive (push, propel, or press with force)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
Example:
he sliced his drive out of bounds
Synonyms:
drive; driving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
Derivation:
drive (push, propel, or press with force)
drive (cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force)
drive (strike with a driver, as in teeing off)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Example:
contributed to the war effort
Synonyms:
campaign; cause; crusade; drive; effort; movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
venture (any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
youth crusade; youth movement (political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people)
war (a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious)
reform (a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices)
lost cause (a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable)
gay lib; gay liberation movement (the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression)
feminism; feminist movement; women's lib; women's liberation movement (the movement aimed at equal rights for women)
fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive; fund-raising effort (a campaign to raise money for some cause)
campaigning; candidacy; candidature; electioneering; political campaign (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
consumerism (a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers)
charm campaign (a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support)
anti-war movement (a campaign against entering or continuing a war)
ad blitz; ad campaign; advertising campaign (an organized program of advertisements)
Derivation:
drive (move into a desired direction of discourse)
drive (cause to move back by force or influence)
drive (force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically)
drive (compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment)
drive (strive and make an effort to reach a goal)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A wide scenic road planted with trees
Example:
the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views
Synonyms:
drive; parkway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Derivation:
drive (have certain properties when driven)
drive (work as a driver)
drive (move by being propelled by a force)
drive (cause someone or something to move by driving)
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
drive (proceed along in a vehicle)
drive (travel or be transported in a vehicle)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
Example:
a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
fusee; fusee drive (a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring)
Derivation:
drive (cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling)
Sense 9
Meaning:
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Meronyms (parts of "drive"):
arbor; mandrel; mandril; spindle (any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
RAM disk ((computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors)
internal drive (a drive mounted inside of a computer)
external drive (a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable)
disc drive; disk drive; hard drive; Winchester drive (computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it)
CD-ROM drive (a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be 'played')
CD drive (a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A road leading up to a private house
Example:
they parked in the driveway
Synonyms:
drive; driveway; private road
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Meronyms (parts of "drive"):
turnaround (an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around)
Derivation:
drive (have certain properties when driven)
drive (work as a driver)
drive (move by being propelled by a force)
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
drive (proceed along in a vehicle)
drive (travel or be transported in a vehicle)
Sense 11
Meaning:
The trait of being highly motivated
Example:
his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
action (the trait of being active and energetic and forceful)
enterprise; enterprisingness; go-ahead; initiative (readiness to embark on bold new ventures)
ambition; ambitiousness (a strong drive for success)
energy; get-up-and-go; push (enterprising or ambitious drive)
aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
hypoxia (oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency)
sex drive (a physiological need for sexual activity)
thirst; thirstiness (a physiological need to drink)
hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)
Derivation:
drive (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they drive ... he / she / it drives
Past simple: drove
Past participle: driven
-ing form: driving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move into a desired direction of discourse
Example:
What are you driving at?
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
intend; mean (mean or intend to express or convey)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
drift (the pervading meaning or tenor)
drift (a general tendency to change (as of opinion))
drive (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
Example:
drive the game
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
hunt; hunt down; run; track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals))
Verb group:
drive ((hunting) search for game)
Domain category:
hunt; hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
(hunting) search for game
Example:
drive the forest
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
hunt; hunt down; run; track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals))
Verb group:
drive ((hunting) chase from cover into more open ground)
Domain category:
hunt; hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
Example:
this device drives the disks for the computer
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
power (supply the force or power for the functioning of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
drive (a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine)
driver ((computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Excavate horizontally
Example:
drive a tunnel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
dig; excavate; hollow (remove the inner part or the core of)
Domain category:
excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
drift (a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
Example:
drive a ball
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Verb group:
drive (strike with a driver, as in teeing off)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
drive ((sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash))
Sense 7
Meaning:
Strike with a driver, as in teeing off
Example:
drive a golf ball
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Verb group:
drive (hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally)
drive (cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force)
Domain category:
golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
driving (hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver)
driver (a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver)
driver (a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee)
drive (hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Cause to move back by force or influence
Example:
beat back the invaders
Synonyms:
beat back; drive; force back; push back; repel; repulse
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force)
Verb group:
drive (cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
drive (the act of applying force to propel something)
drive (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
Example:
drive the ball far out into the field
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
throw (propel through the air)
Verb group:
drive (strike with a driver, as in teeing off)
beat back; drive; force back; push back; repel; repulse (cause to move back by force or influence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
drive ((sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash))
drive (hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Push, propel, or press with force
Example:
Drive a nail into the wall
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The horses drive across the field
Derivation:
drive ((sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash))
drive (hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver)
driver (someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle)
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Example:
He drives me mad
Synonyms:
drive; force; ram
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
thrust (push forcefully)
Verb group:
drive (compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment)
drive (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
toe; toenail (drive obliquely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
drive in (cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion)
Derivation:
drive (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
Example:
She finally drove him to change jobs
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
make (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way)
Verb group:
drive; force; ram (force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically)
drive (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Derivation:
drive (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)
Sense 13
Meaning:
Travel or be transported in a vehicle
Example:
They motored to London for the theater
Synonyms:
drive; motor
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
"Drive" entails doing...:
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Verb group:
drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
They drive up the hill
Derivation:
drive (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
drive (a wide scenic road planted with trees)
drive (a road leading up to a private house)
Sense 14
Meaning:
Proceed along in a vehicle
Example:
We drive the turnpike to work
Synonyms:
drive; take
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)
Verb group:
drive; motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle)
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
drive (cause someone or something to move by driving)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
drive (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
drive (a wide scenic road planted with trees)
drive (a road leading up to a private house)
Sense 15
Meaning:
Operate or control a vehicle
Example:
Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
control; operate (handle and cause to function)
Verb group:
drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)
drive (work as a driver)
drive; ride (have certain properties when driven)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
coach (drive a coach)
test drive (test a vehicle by driving it)
drive (move by being propelled by a force)
tool (drive)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They drive the car down the avenue
Derivation:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)
drive (a road leading up to a private house)
drive (a wide scenic road planted with trees)
drive (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
Sense 16
Meaning:
Urge forward
Example:
drive the cows into the barn
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
mush (drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 17
Meaning:
Cause someone or something to move by driving
Example:
We drove the car to the garage
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
pull (steer into a certain direction)
chauffeur; drive around (drive someone in a vehicle)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
drive away; drive off; drive out (force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings)
drive out (force or drive out)
Derivation:
drive (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
drive (a wide scenic road planted with trees)
driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)
Sense 18
Meaning:
Move by being propelled by a force
Example:
The car drove around the corner
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
pull (move into a certain direction)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
drive (a road leading up to a private house)
drive (a wide scenic road planted with trees)
drive (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
Sense 19
Meaning:
Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
Example:
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
Synonyms:
drive; labor; labour; push; tug
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
fight; struggle (make a strenuous or labored effort)
Verb group:
bear on; push (press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
reach; strain; strive (to exert much effort or energy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Derivation:
drive (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)
Sense 20
Meaning:
Work as a driver
Example:
She drives for the taxi company in Newark
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
Verb group:
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
drive (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
drive (a wide scenic road planted with trees)
drive (a road leading up to a private house)
driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)
Sense 21
Meaning:
To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
Example:
She is driven by her passion
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means)
Verb group:
drive; force; ram (force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically)
drive (compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They drive him to write the letter
Derivation:
drive (a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire)
Sense 22
Meaning:
Have certain properties when driven
Example:
My new truck drives well
Synonyms:
drive; ride
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Sentence example:
These cars won't drive
Derivation:
drive (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
drive (a wide scenic road planted with trees)
drive (a road leading up to a private house)
Context examples:
Thereupon, I arranged my clothes as best I could, and summoning a passing hansom, drove to an hotel in Portland Street, the name of which I chanced to remember.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I drove to the place—about two miles on the south side of Esher.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Had he not struck a bargain with the doctor, he and his mutineers, deserted by the ship, must have been driven to subsist on clear water and the proceeds of their hunting.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Thus situated, my only resource was to drive before the wind.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A protein family that is synthesized during the G1 phase of the cell cycle and drives the G1/S phase transition through the positive regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 activity.
(Cyclin E, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrolysis of ATP is highly favorable and is coupled to a variety of energetically unfavorable processes to drive them forward.
(Electron Transport Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A protein family that is synthesized during the G1 phase of the cell cycle and drives the G1/S phase transition through the positive regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase activity.
(Cyclin D, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes C-C chemokine receptor type 6 protein, is involved in B-cell maturation and antigen-driven B-cell differentiation.
(CCR6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The creation of bubbles is driven by mechanical force.
(Cavitation, NCI Thesaurus)
The allele also plays a role in chemokine-driven leukocytes recirculation.
(CCBP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
