drive

UK /dɹaɪv/ US /dɹaɪv/
verb 5noun 5

Definitions

verb

1

To operate a vehicle:

The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.

This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.

2

To operate a vehicle:

I drive to work every day.

3

To operate a vehicle:

My cousin drove me to the airport.

4

To operate a vehicle:

drive a 737

5

To operate a vehicle:

There is a litter ready; lay him in’t And drive towards Dover, friend, where thou shalt meet Both welcome and protection.

We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

noun

1

Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.

Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers.

2

Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

The Murdstonian drive in business.

3

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin.

4

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

5

A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.

Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.

On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces had recaptured Kassala on January 19) the drive was generally eastward towards the capital, Asmara, and the Red Sea port of Massaua.

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