drive (dr?v)v. drove (dr?v), driv·en (dr?v??n), driv·ing, drives v.tr.1. To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward: drove the horses into the corral.2. To repulse or put to flight by force or influence: drove the attackers away; drove out any thought of failure.3. To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).4. a. To convey or transport in a vehicle: drove the children to school.b. To traverse in a vehicle: drive the freeways to work.5. a. To supply the motive force or power to and cause to function: Steam drives the engine.b. To cause or sustain, as if by supplying force or power: “The current merger mania is apparently driven by an urge … to reduce risk or to exploit opportunities in a very rapidly changing business environment” (Peter Passell).6. To compel or force to work, often excessively: “Every serious dancer is driven by notions of perfection?perfect expressiveness, perfect technique” (Susan Sontag).7. To force into or from a particular act or state: Indecision drives me crazy.8. To force to go through or penetrate: drove the stake into the ground.9. To create or produce by penetrating forcibly: The nail drove a hole in the tire.10. To carry through vigorously to a conclusion: drove home his point; drive a hard bargain.11. a. Sports To throw, strike, or cast (a ball, for example) hard or rapidly.b. Basketball To move with the ball directly through: drove the lane and scored.c. Baseball To cause (a run or runner) to be scored by batting. Often used with in.d. Football To advance the ball over (certain yardage) in plays from scrimmage.12. a. To chase (game) into the open or into traps or nets.b. To search (an area) for game in such a manner.v.intr.1. To move along or advance quickly: We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.2. To rush, dash, or advance violently against an obstruction: The wind drove into my face.3. a. To operate a vehicle, such as a car: How long has he been driving?b. To go or be transported in a vehicle: We all got in the car and drove to the supermarket.4. a. Sports To hit, throw, or impel a ball or other missile forcibly.b. Basketball To move directly to the basket with the ball.c. Football To advance the ball in plays from scrimmage.5. To make an effort to reach or achieve an objective; aim.n.1. The act of driving: took the car out for a drive after dinner.2. A trip or journey in a vehicle: It’s a long drive to Eau Claire from here.3. Abbr. Dr. A road for automobiles and other vehicles.4. a. The means or apparatus for transmitting motion or power to a machine or from one machine part to another.b. The position or operating condition of such a mechanism: “He put his car into drive and started home” (Charles Baxter).c. The means by which automotive power is applied to a roadway: four-wheel drive.d. The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile: right-hand drive.5. Computers A device that reads data from and often writes data onto a storage medium, such as an optical disc or flash memory.6. A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose: a drive to finish the project before the deadline.7. Energy, push, or aggressiveness: an executive with a lot of drive.8. Psychology A strong motivating tendency or instinct related to self-preservation, reproduction, or aggression that prompts activity toward a particular end.9. A massive, sustained military offensive.10. a. Sports The act of hitting, knocking, or thrusting a ball very swiftly.b. Sports The stroke or thrust by which a ball is driven: an awkward drive on the first tee that sent the ball into the woods.c. Sports The ball or puck as it is propelled: The goalie stopped a hard drive in the opening minute. d. Basketball The act of moving with the ball directly to the basket.e. Football A series of downs in which the ball is advanced by the offensive team.11. a. A rounding up and driving of livestock to new pastures or to market.b. A gathering and driving of logs down a river.c. The cattle or logs thus driven.Phrasal Verb: drive at To mean to do or say: I don’t understand what you’re driving at.[Middle English driven, from Old English dr?fan; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots.]driv?a·bil?i·ty n.driv?a·ble adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.drive (dra?v) vb, drives, driving, drove (dr??v) or driven (?dr?v?n) 1. to push, propel, or be pushed or propelled2. to control and guide the movement of (a vehicle, draught animal, etc): to drive a car. 3. (tr) to compel or urge to work or act, esp excessively4. (tr) to goad or force into a specified attitude or state: work drove him to despair. 5. (tr) to cause (an object) to make or form (a hole, crack, etc): his blow drove a hole in the wall. 6. to move or cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force7. (General Sporting Terms) sport to hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically8. (Golf) golf to strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off9. (Hunting) (tr) a. to chase (game) from cover into more open groundb. to search (an area) for game10. to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle11. (intr) to rush or dash violently, esp against an obstacle or solid object: the waves drove against the rock. 12. (tr) to carry through or transact with vigour (esp in the phrase drive a hard bargain)13. (tr) to force (a component) into or out of its location by means of blows or a press14. (Mining & Quarrying) (tr) mining to excavate horizontally15. (Forestry) (tr) NZ to fell (a tree or trees) by the impact of another felled tree16. drive home a. to cause to penetrate to the fullest extentb. to make clear by special emphasisn17. the act of driving18. a trip or journey in a driven vehicle19. (Civil Engineering) a. a road for vehicles, esp a private road leading to a houseb. (capital when part of a street name): Woodland Drive. 20. vigorous or urgent pressure, as in business21. a united effort, esp directed towards a common goal: a charity drive. 22. (Card Games) Brit a large gathering of persons to play cards, etc. See beetle drive, whist drive23. energy, ambition, or initiative24. (Psychology) psychol a motive or interest, such as sex, hunger, or ambition, that actuates an organism to attain a goal25. (Military) a sustained and powerful military offensive26. (General Engineering) a. the means by which force, torque, motion, or power is transmitted in a mechanism: fluid drive. b. (as modifier): a drive shaft. 27. (General Sporting Terms) sport a hard straight shot or stroke28. (Hunting) a search for and chasing of game towards waiting guns29. (Electronics) electronics the signal applied to the input of an amplifier[Old English dr?fan; related to Old Frisian dr?va, Old Norse dr?fa, Gothic dreiban, Old High German tr?ban] ?drivable, ?driveable adj ?driva?bility, ?drivea?bility nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014drive (dra?v) v. drove, driv?en, driv?ing, n. v.t. 1. to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies. 2. to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an animal, etc.): to drive a car; to drive a mule. 3. to convey in a vehicle: to drive someone home. 4. to force to work or act: He drove the workers until they collapsed. 5. to impel; constrain; urge; compel. 6. to carry (business, an agreement, etc.) vigorously through: to drive a hard bargain. 7. to keep (machinery) going. 8. (in baseball) a. to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a base hit or sacrifice fly. b. to cause (a run) to be scored by a base hit or sacrifice fly. 9. to hit (a golf ball), esp. from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron. 10. a. to hit, propel, or kick (a ball, shuttlecock, puck, etc.) with much force. b. (in football) to advance (the ball) aggressively by various passing, carrying, and kicking strategies. 11. a. to chase (game). b. to search (a district) for game. 12. to float (logs) down a river or stream. 13. (in mining, construction, etc.) to excavate (a mine or tunnel heading). v.i. 14. to cause and guide the movement of a vehicle or animal, esp. to operate an automobile. 15. to go or travel in a driven vehicle. 16. to hit a golf ball, esp. from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron. 17. to strive vigorously toward a goal or objective. 18. to go along before an impelling force; be impelled: The ship drove before the wind. 19. to rush or dash violently. 20. drive at, to intend to convey. n. 21. the act of driving. 22. a trip in a vehicle, esp. a short pleasure trip. 23. an impelling along, as of game, cattle, or floating logs, in a particular direction. 24. the animals, logs, etc., thus driven. 25. an inner urge that prompts activity directed toward the satisfaction of a basic, instinctive need: hunger drive; sex drive. 26. a vigorous onset or onward course toward a goal or objective. 27. a strong military offensive. 28. a united effort to accomplish some specific purpose, esp. to raise money, as for a charity. 29. energy and initiative; motivation. 30. vigorous pressure or effort, as in business. 31. a road for vehicles, as a scenic route along a highway or a short roadway approaching a house. 32. a driving mechanism, as of an automobile: gear drive. 33. the point or points of power application to the roadway: four-wheel drive. 34. a. an act or instance of driving a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like. b. the flight of a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like that has been driven with much force. 35. a golf shot, esp. with a driver or driving iron from the tee, that is intended to carry a great distance. 36. a hunt in which game is driven toward stationary hunters. [before 900; Middle English; Old English dr?fan] driv?a?ble, drive?a?ble, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Drive collection of objects or animals driven. See also drift, drove.Examples: drive of cattle; of logs [downstream], 1878; a deer drive, 1880; a grouse drive, 1880.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.drivePast participle: drivenGerund: drivingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativedrivedrivePresentI driveyou drivehe/she/it driveswe driveyou drivethey drivePreteriteI droveyou drovehe/she/it drovewe droveyou drovethey drovePresent ContinuousI am drivingyou are drivinghe/she/it is drivingwe are drivingyou are drivingthey are drivingPresent PerfectI have drivenyou have drivenhe/she/it has drivenwe have drivenyou have driventhey have drivenPast ContinuousI was drivingyou were drivinghe/she/it was drivingwe were drivingyou were drivingthey were drivingPast PerfectI had drivenyou had drivenhe/she/it had drivenwe had drivenyou had driventhey had drivenFutureI will driveyou will drivehe/she/it will drivewe will driveyou will drivethey will driveFuture PerfectI will have drivenyou will have drivenhe/she/it will have drivenwe will have drivenyou will have driventhey will have drivenFuture ContinuousI will be drivingyou will be drivinghe/she/it will be drivingwe will be drivingyou will be drivingthey will be drivingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been drivingyou have been drivinghe/she/it has been drivingwe have been drivingyou have been drivingthey have been drivingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been drivingyou will have been drivinghe/she/it will have been drivingwe will have been drivingyou will have been drivingthey will have been drivingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been drivingyou had been drivinghe/she/it had been drivingwe had been drivingyou had been drivingthey had been drivingConditionalI would driveyou would drivehe/she/it would drivewe would driveyou would drivethey would drivePast ConditionalI would have drivenyou would have drivenhe/she/it would have drivenwe would have drivenyou would have driventhey would have drivenCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011driveA golfer?s first stroke from the tee.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited