Dictionary 1. (v. t.) 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.2. (v. t.) 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. 3. (v. t.) 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. 4. (v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. 5. (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained. 6. (v. t.) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. 7. (v. t.) To pass away; -- said of time. 8. (v. i.) To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. 9. (v. i.) To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. 10. (v. i.) 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. 11. (v. i.) To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at. 12. (v. i.) To distrain for rent. 13. (p. p.) Driven. 14. (n.) The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback. 15. (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. 16. (n.) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business. 17. (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. 18. (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. Thesaurus Autobahn Sunday drive US highway acceleration activity actuate advance advance against advance upon adventuresomeness adventurousness aggravated assault aggression aggressiveness airing alley alleyway allude to ambition ambitiousness amperage amphibious attack angle animate appeal appliance approach ardor armed assault armipotence army arterial arterial highway arterial street artery assailing assailment assault attack authority auto automatic response autoroute autostrada avenue bait the hook bang banzai attack barnstorm be responsible for bear bear down upon bear off bear upon beat beef belt highway beset bicycle bike bind bite bitingness black power blind alley blind impulse blitz blitzkrieg bob boost bore boulevard bowl brain wave brainstorm breakthrough brute force buck bull bulldoze bump bump against bunch bunt burden burrow burst bus bustle busy butt butt against bypass byway cage camino real campaign carriageway carry on carry out carry through catch a train cause cause to causeway causey charge charioteer charisma chase chauffeur chaussee circumferential clam close clout coerce cogence cogency colony commitment compel compulsion concupiscence conduct constrain constraint control convenience copilot corduroy road corral counterattack counteroffensive county road coup de main course court cram crescent crippling attack crowd crusade cul-de-sac curiosity cuttingness cycle dap dash dead set at dead-end street deal with delve demand descent on desideration desire determination dib dibble dig dig out dike dint direct dirt road dive diversion diversionary attack dog dredge drift drift off course drill drive at drive on driveway driving force drove duress dynamism eagerness effect effectiveness effectuality effort egg elbow energy enforce engine enginery enterprise enterprisingness enthusiasm entrain excavate excursion exhort exigency expedition expressway facility fag faith falcon fall down fancy fantasy fetch away fire fish fixture flank flank attack flash fleeting impulse flock flower power flurry flush flutter fly fly-fish follow the hounds force force majeure forcefulness forge ahead forward fowl freeway frontal attack full blast full force furrow gam gang gas gas attack get at get-up-and-get get-up-and-go getaway getup gig ginger give an impetus give momentum go go ahead go all out go by rail go fishing |