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DRIVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
Synonyms:
driver; number one wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("driver" is a kind of...):
wood (a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head)
Derivation:
drive (strike with a driver, as in teeing off)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Synonyms:
device driver; driver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("driver" is a kind of...):
service program; utility; utility program ((computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Derivation:
drive (cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The operator of a motor vehicle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("driver" is a kind of...):
manipulator; operator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "driver"):
test driver (a driver who drives a motor vehicle to evaluate its performance)
teamster; truck driver; trucker (someone who drives a truck as an occupation)
cabby; cabdriver; cabman; hack-driver; hack driver; livery driver; taxidriver; taximan (someone who drives a taxi for a living)
tailgater (a driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle)
speed demon; speeder (a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit)
road hog; roadhog (a driver who obstructs others)
automobile driver; race driver; racer (someone who drives racing cars at high speeds)
owner-driver (a motorist who owns the car that he/she drives)
automobilist; motorist (someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile)
kerb crawler (someone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other women)
honker (a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound)
designated driver (the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home)
chauffeur (a man paid to drive a privately owned car)
bus driver; busman (someone who drives a bus)
Antonym:
nondriver (a person who is not a driver)
Derivation:
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
drive (cause someone or something to move by driving)
drive (work as a driver)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("driver" is a kind of...):
golf player; golfer; linksman (someone who plays the game of golf)
Derivation:
drive (strike with a driver, as in teeing off)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("driver" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "driver"):
charioteer (the driver of a chariot)
coachman (a man who drives a coach (or carriage))
lasher (a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip)
mahout (the driver and keeper of an elephant)
teamster (the driver of a team of horses doing hauling)
waggoner; wagoner (the driver of a wagon)
Derivation:
drive (push, propel, or press with force)
Context examples:
Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles.
(Automobile Accident, NCI Thesaurus)
Driver RNA is converted to double-strand cDNA, usually with the incorporation of a tagged nucleotide, while the tester RNA is converted to first-strand cDNA (with no tag).
(cDNA Subtraction, NCI Thesaurus/OSP)
Researchers followed 82 newly licensed teen drivers over a one-year period, equipping their vehicles with cameras and GPS technology to track the driver’s activity and environment.
(Reaching for objects while driving may raise teen crash risk nearly sevenfold, National Institutes of Health)
I had lit their candles to go upstairs, but Diana had first to give hospitable orders respecting the driver; this done, both followed me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But the driver had already climbed back into his perch, laughing as loudly as any of his companions.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In which case it would find itself face to face with the dog attacked, and also it would find itself facing the whip of the driver.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
When Mars moves into Aquarius on March 30, to remain until May 12, you will be in the driver’s seat.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The driver stopped beside me, and my aunt was sitting in it alone.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
At my appearance (which was indeed comical enough, however tragic a fate these garments covered) the driver could not conceal his mirth.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
