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drive
  1. Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
  2. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
  3. An act of driving animals forward, such as to be captured, hunted etc.
  4. (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
  5. A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
  6. A trip made in a motor vehicle.
  7. A driveway.
  8. A type of public roadway.
  9. (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
  10. (psychology) Desire or interest.
  11. (computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
  12. (computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
  13. (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
  14. (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
  15. (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.
  16. (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
  17. (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
  18. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
  19. (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
  20. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
  21. Synonyms:
  22. Examples:
    1. “My favorite cafe is only a ten-minute drive from where I live.”
      “With such drive and enthusiasm, there's no limit to how much this young prodigy can achieve.”
      “The media company is conducting a membership drive to raise funds for expansion.”
driver
  1. One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
  2. Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
  3. A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
  4. A person who drives some other vehicle.
  5. (computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
  6. (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
  7. (nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
  8. A mallet.
  9. A tamping iron.
  10. A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “The riders either crashed into other cyclers or fell over trying to avoid a reckless truck driver.”
      “The driver, who left the scene after the accident, jumped from the cab just seconds before the jib of the crane plunged down onto the seashore.”
      “The driver nodded in acknowledgement and a further 20 seconds of silence passed before he spoke again.”
drove
  1. A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
  2. (plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
  3. (collective) A group of hares.
  4. A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
  5. A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
  6. A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
  7. The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Near the gates to Bono's home sat a drove of fans, who, when the taxi waited for the gates to open, ran up to the window.”
driving
driveway
  1. (Britain) and (US) Short private road that leads to a house or garage; (Britain) also: drive
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The little boy stared straight ahead as Lucas pulled out of the driveway in preparation for the short jaunt home.”
      “I also had a Fiesta in the driveway and one of the men accused me of giving him the wrong keys.”
      “We want to fence off a quarter of an acre of our land to create a building plot with access from our existing driveway.”
droveway
  1. A road or track along which livestock are (or historically were) regularly driven.
  2. Synonyms:
drover
  1. A person who drives animals, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The drover got to work unhitching the oxen, and the horsemen unsaddled their horses and led them to the trees and hobbled them.”
      “It grew dark, and Burginde pulled open the tarpaulin flap to speak to the drover.”
      “After sometimes months on the road, carefully herding the squatter's stock, the drover would ask for his cheque.”
drivenness
  1. The quality of being driven; drive; ambition.
  2. Examples:
    1. “We sought to measure the psychic state of freedom, relaxation, and comfort versus that of anxiety, drivenness, and beleaguerment.”
      “There was a drivenness to them, something that the complacent Americans had initially mistaken for weakness.”
      “It's life's banquet, which Allen himself, in his drivenness, can only peck at.”
drivability
  1. The quality of being drivable, of being easy or pleasant to drive
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With dynamic drivability, ingenious safety features and innovative design, the Volvo V50 puts the wagon in a whole new category.”
      “Laguna was equipped with 4Control, a four-wheel steering system designed to enhance performance and drivability.”
      “You get S. U. V. prowess for off-roading and towing without paying a significant penalty in on-road drivability or fuel economy.”
driveability
  1. Alternative spelling of drivability
  2. Examples:
    1. “But the new car has a level of refinement and driveability that wasn't required in the Roadster.”
      “Since going on sale in January 2014, the Hyundai H i10 has continued to receive recognition for its unbeatable value, driveability and stylish design.”
      “The new car combines the high performance, driveability and comfort of the Golf R hatchback, which was launched in March this year, with the spacious boot of the Golf Estate.”
drivee
  1. (rare) One who is driven (transported in a vehicle).
driveress
  1. (archaic) A female driver.
driveresses
  1. plural of driveress
driveways
  1. plural of driveway
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This follows a spate of car thefts from driveways last winter, where engines were left running to defrost windscreens.”
      “Solar-powered gates can be used at the end of residential driveways, on rural access roads, for livestock corrals, and in many other areas.”
      “He points out that many British houses have empty driveways that could be used by others to park in.”
droveways
drivings
drivers
  1. plural of driver
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With these frustrating issues behind them both drivers lapped competitively for the remainder of the race bringing the car home in 14th place.”
      “After running very consistently, the Sauber drivers Heidfeld and Raikkonen came in 6th and 7th, although lapped by the flying world champion.”
      “I watched as grandmas walked through fire, grandpas, priests, truck drivers, young mothers, rockers, you name it.”
drovers
  1. plural of drover
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The drovers are off to bring in the Brahmans, Droughtmasters, Angus and Shorthorns.”
      “An ashplant was the name for a common implement among farmers and drovers of cattle in Ireland, made from a sapling of an ash tree.”
      “He watched departures from harbours, joined drovers crossing fords and muleteers breasting hills, embarked on ferries for no purpose.”
drivees
  1. plural of drivee
drives
droves
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