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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/'dɹaɪv/, IPA|/'ʤɹaɪv/
audio|en-us-drive.ogg|Audio (US)a
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪv|-aɪv

Etymology
OE. drīfan
The original meaning was more like "to push". The modern senses can all be seen to derive from this. For example, carts were driven (pushed) or drawn (pulled) long before automobiles were invented.

Verb
en-verb|drives|driving|drove|driven

1. defn|English

Transitive
rfc-header|Transitive

1. ergative To operate a (motorized) vehicle (with wheels).
2. To herd (animals) in a particular direction.
3. To move something by hitting it with great force.

#:You drive nails into wood with a hammer.

1. To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

#: The pistons drive the crankshaft.

1. To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

#:What is your driving concern here?

1. To force into a certain state; to compel.

#:Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
#:This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity.
#:You are driving me crazy!

1. cricket To hit the ball with a drive#Noun|drive.

Translations
trans-top|to operate a (motorized) vehicle
Czech: t-|cs|�ídit
Finnish: t+|fi|ajaa
French: t+|fr|guider
German: t+|de|fahren
Greek: t|el|οδηγ�|sc=Grek (odigó)
Ido: vehar
Italian: t+|it|guidare, t+|it|condurre
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Occitan: menar
Romanian: t+|ro|ghida, t-|ro|conduce
Romansch charrar
Russian: t+|ru|е�а��|sc=Cyrl
Spanish: conducir, guiar italbrac|Puerto Rico, manejar italbrac|Latin America
Slovak: riadiť, šoférovať
Slovene: voziti
Swahili: t-|sw|kuendesha|xs=Swahili
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trans-top|to herd (animals) in a particular direction
Finnish: t+|fi|ajaa
German: t+|de|treiben
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Slovak: jazdiť
Slovene: goniti
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trans-top|to move something by hitting it with great force
Finnish: t+|fi|iskeä, t+|fi|lyödä
German: schlagen, einschlagen
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trans-top|to cause a mechanism to operate
Finnish: t+|fi|ohjata
German: antreiben
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trans-top|to motivate
Finnish: t+|fi|motivoida
German: t+|de|treiben
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trans-top|to force into a certain state

Finnish: t-|fi|pakottaa, t+|fi|ajaa, t+|fi|tehdä
German: t+|de|treiben
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Bulgarian: �о�и�ам (1), вка�вам (3), задвижвам (4)
Swedish: köra (1), driva (2,3,4)
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Intransitive

1. To travel by operating a motorized vehicle.

#: I drive to work every day.

1. cricket To hit the ball with a drive.

Translations
trans-top|to travel by operating a motorized vehicle
Finnish: t+|fi|ajaa
French: t+|fr|conduire, t+|fr|aller
German: t+|de|fahren
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Slovene: voziti se
Swedish: köra
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ttbc|Breton: bleinañ
ttbc|Bulgarian: воз� �е
ttbc|Dutch: t+|nl|rijden
ttbc|Indonesian: kemudi|mengemudi, kemudi|mengemudikan, kendali|mengendalikan
ttbc|Japanese: �転�� (������, unten-suru)
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Noun
en-noun

1. A trip made in a motor vehicle

#:It was a long drive.

1. A driveway

#:The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.

1. A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use:

#:Some old model trains have clockwork drives.

1. computers A mass-storage device; as, a disk drive, a DVD drive, a flash drive''
2. Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition:

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

1. military A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective:

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

1. golf A stroke made with a driver
2. baseball A ball struck in a flat trajectory (also called line drive)
3. A type of public roadway.

#:Beverly Hills� most famous street is Rodeo drive.

1. psychology desire|Desire or interest.
2. cricket A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.

Translations
trans-top|a trip made in a motor vehicle
Finnish: t+|fi|ajo
German: t+|de|Fahrt|f
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Slovene: vožnja f
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trans-top|driveway
Finnish: t+|fi|tie
German: Auffahrt f, Einfahrt f, Zufahrt f
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Slovene: t-|sl|dovoz|m
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trans-top|mechanism for producing or directing force
Czech: t-|cs|pohon|m
Finnish: t+|fi|käyttö
German: Antrieb m
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trans-top|mechanical mass-storage device
Czech: mechanika f
Finnish: t+|fi|asema
French: t+|fr|lecteur|m
German: Laufwerk n
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trans-top|self-motivation
Finnish: t-|fi|motivaatio, t|fi|draivi
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trans-top|military: sustained advance
Finnish: t|fi|eteneminen
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trans-top|golf: stroke made with a driver
Finnish: t|fi|draivi
German: Abschlag m, Drive m
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trans-top|baseball: ball struck in a flat trajectory
Finnish: t|fi|laakapallo
German: t-|de|Drive|m
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trans-top|type of public roadway
German: t+|de|Weg|m
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trans-top|psychology: desire or interest
Czech: t-|cs|pud|m
French: t+|fr|pulsion|f
German: t+|de|Trieb|m
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Slovene: t-|sl|gon|m
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trans-top|certain cricket shot
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ttbc|Swedish: (1: construction using verb: Det var långt att köra: literally It was a long way to drive), uppfart (2), (3: construction using adjective: tåget är uppdragbart > the train has a clockwork drive), läsare (4, example DVD drive> DVD-läsare), disk (4, hard drive => hårddisk)
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Derived terms
top2
drift
drive out
driver
driverside
driven
driven to distraction
drive Irish tandem
mid2
drunk driving
flashdrive
hard drive
hyperdrive
jump drive
piledriver
screwdriver
warp drive

Category:English ergative verbs
Category:English irregular verbs

Danish

Etymology
Old Norse drífa

Verb
drive

1. to drive

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