drive.

To operate a vehicle: To operate (a wheeled motorized 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.

To operate a vehicle: To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

I drive to work every day.

To operate a vehicle: To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

My cousin drove me to the airport.

To operate a vehicle: To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.

drive a 737

To operate a vehicle: To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.

To compel to move: (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field

To compel to move: (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.

The hunting dog drove the birds out of the tall grass.

We'll drive the enemy from these lands once and for all.

To cause to move by the application of physical force: To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.

You drive nails into wood with any hammer; it's not as strenuous as driving a tunnel through the rock.

To cause to move by the application of physical force: To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

The pistons drive the crankshaft.

To cause to move by the application of physical force: To hit the ball with a drive.

To cause to move by the application of physical force: To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.

To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.

To compel to undergo a non-physical change: To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.

My husband's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.

To compel to undergo a non-physical change: To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

What drives a person to run a marathon?

To compel to undergo a non-physical change: To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).

Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.

To compel to undergo a non-physical change: To cause to become.

This constant complaining is going to drive me insane.

You are driving me crazy!

To compel to undergo a non-physical change: To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.

Frothing at the mouth and threatening expulsion, Coach relentlessly drove the team to more laps of the pitch.

To compel to undergo a non-physical change: To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.

The negotiations were driven to completion minutes before the final deadline.

If you drive yourself so much, you'll end up having a breakdown.

To move forcefully.

To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).

To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.

To distrain for rent.

To be the dominant party in a sex act.

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.

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

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.

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.

Certain mechanisms in vehicles. A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

steam drive, nuclear drive, chain drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, front-wheel drive

Some old model trains have clockwork drives.

Certain mechanisms in vehicles. The location of the steering wheel used to control a vehicle.

left-hand drive, right-hand drive

Certain mechanisms in vehicles. The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)

Normally you should be in drive, although you can select a lower gear such as 2 or 1 for certain conditions, such as prolonged downhill stretches.

An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

The drive this morning was awful due to snow and ice.

An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

It was a long drive to Santa Fe.

An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). The act of driving a car with no destination in mind, generally to see the scenery, be alone with one's thoughts or to spend time with a partner.

We like to go for a drive on Sunday afternoons.

Certain surfaces for driving on. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

Certain surfaces for driving on. A driveway.

The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.

Certain surfaces for driving on. A type of public roadway.

Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.

Desire or interest.

A device for reading and writing data. An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.

A device for reading and writing data. A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.

The state of being under pressure, stressed and hurried.

I suffered under the intense drive of my new job.

A stroke made with a driver.

A ball struck in a flat trajectory.

a long drive

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.

A straight level shot or pass.

An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.

A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.

a fund-raising drive

a whist drive

A campaign aimed at selling or promoting (something).

vaccination drive

An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.

A collection of objects that are driven.

A collection of objects that are driven. A mass of logs to be floated down a river or the act of moving them thusly.

Friendly term of address for a bus driver.