drive

Definitions

1. verb

   To control a car or other vehicle.

   Examples

   • I learned to drive when I was eighteen.
   • This SUV drives very smoothly.
   ≈ride
2. verb

   To travel in a car or similar vehicle.

   Examples

   • I drive to work every day.
   • She drives across town for her weekly appointment.
   ≈motorvate
3. verb

   To take someone somewhere in a car.

   Examples

   • My cousin drove me to the airport.
   • Could you drive the kids to school today?
   ≈take
4. verb

   To fly a plane, in informal speech.

   Examples

   • He can drive a jet.
   • She learned to drive small planes at the local airfield.
   ≈fly≈pilot
5. verb

   To guide a cart pulled by an animal.

   Examples

   • He drove the ox cart slowly down the muddy lane.
   • She drove the horse cart to market.
6. verb

   To make animals move forward.

   Examples

   • They drove the cattle from Texas to Kansas.
   • The shepherd drove the sheep out of the field.
   ≈drove≈goad≈herd
7. verb

   To force people or animals to leave a place.

   Examples

   • The dog drove the birds out of the tall grass.
   • We will drive the enemy from these lands.
   ≈flush≈flush out≈scare up
8. verb

   To push something with force.

   Examples

   • You can drive nails into wood with a hammer.
   • He drove a stake into the ground.
   ≈force≈push
9. verb

   To make a machine work.

   Examples

   • The pistons drive the crankshaft.
   • A small motor drives the conveyor belt.
   ≈move≈operate
10. verb

    In sports, to hit a ball hard and far.

    Examples

    • She drove the ball 250 yards down the fairway.
    • He drove the shot straight down the middle.