Word Meaning

drives definition and meaning

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.
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.
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.
v. t. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
v. t. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
v. t. To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
v. t. To pass away; -- said of time.
v. i. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
v. i. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
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.
v. i. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
v. i. To distrain for rent.
p. p. Driven.
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.
n. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
n. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
n. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
n. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

Crossword clues for drives

- Car journey
- Car trip
- Charity appeal
- Computer part
- Data device, flash
- Data storage, hard ...
- Determination
- Doctor! I have the motivation
- Energy to go on car trip
- Escort
- Get-up-and-go
- Go by car
- Go by road
- Golf stroke
- Impel
- Impetus
- Impetus to travel by car
- Innate urge
- Long shot in golf
- Motivation
- Private road
- Repel, ... back
- Steer
- Take livestock to market
- Tee shot
- Travel by car
- Fancies
- Golf shots
- Joyrides
- Private roads
- Tees off (golf)