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English noun: drive | |||
| 1. | drive (act) the act of applying force to propel something | ||
| Samples | After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off. | ||
| Synonyms | driving force, thrust | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | actuation, propulsion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | firewall, impetus, impulse, impulsion | ||
| 2. | drive (artifact) a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine | ||
| Samples | A variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mechanism | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fusee, fusee drive | ||
| 3. | drive (act) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | ||
| Samples | He supported populist campaigns. They worked in the cause of world peace. The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant. The movement to end slavery. Contributed to the war effort. | ||
| Synonyms | campaign, cause, crusade, effort, movement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | venture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign, anti-war movement, campaigning, candidacy, candidature, charm campaign, consumerism, electioneering, feminism, feminist movement, fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort, gay lib, gay liberation movement, lost cause, political campaign, reform, war, women's lib, women's liberation movement, youth crusade, youth movement | ||
| 4. | drive (artifact) a road leading up to a private house | ||
| Samples | They parked in the driveway. | ||
| Synonyms | driveway, private road | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | road, route | ||
| Part holonym | turnaround | ||
| 5. | drive (attribute) the trait of being highly motivated | ||
| Samples | His drive and energy exhausted his co-workers. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | trait | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | action, aggressiveness, ambition, ambitiousness, energy, enterprise, enterprisingness, get-up-and-go, go-ahead, initiative, push | ||
| 6. | drive (act) hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver | ||
| Samples | He sliced his drive out of bounds. | ||
| Synonyms | driving | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | golf shot, golf stroke, swing | ||
| 7. | drive (act) the act of driving a herd of animals overland | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cattle drive | ||
| 8. | drive (act) a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) | ||
| Samples | He took the family for a drive in his new car. | ||
| Synonyms | ride | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | journey, journeying | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | joyride, lift, spin | ||
| 9. | drive (state) a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hunger, hungriness, hypoxia, sex drive, thirst, thirstiness | ||
| 10. | drive (artifact) (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | CD drive, CD-ROM drive, disc drive, disk drive, external drive, hard drive, internal drive, RAM disk, Winchester drive | ||
| Part holonym | arbor, mandrel, mandril, spindle | ||
| Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
| 11. | drive (artifact) a wide scenic road planted with trees | ||
| Samples | The riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views. | ||
| Synonyms | parkway | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | road, route | ||
| 12. | drive (act) (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | return | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backhand drive, forehand drive | ||
| Domain category | lawn tennis, squash, squash rackets, squash racquets, tennis | ||
English verb: drive | |||
| 1. | drive (motion) operate or control a vehicle | ||
| Samples | Drive a car or bus. Can you drive this four-wheel truck?. | ||
| Examples | They drive the car down the avenue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | control, operate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coach, drive, test drive, tool | ||
| Verb group | drive, drive, drive, ride, take | ||
| Domain category | driving | ||
| 2. | drive (motion) travel or be transported in a vehicle | ||
| Samples | We drove to the university every morning. They motored to London for the theater. | ||
| Examples | They drive up the hill | ||
| Synonyms | motor | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Entail | ride | ||
| Verb group | drive, take | ||
| Domain category | driving | ||
| 3. | drive (motion) cause someone or something to move by driving | ||
| Samples | She drove me to school every day. We drove the car to the garage. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chauffeur, drive around, pull | ||
| Verb group | drive, take | ||
| 4. | drive (contact) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | ||
| Samples | She rammed her mind into focus. He drives me mad. | ||
| Synonyms | force, ram | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | thrust | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | toe, toenail | ||
| Verb group | drive, drive | ||
| 5. | drive (social) to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly | ||
| Samples | She is driven by her passion. | ||
| Examples | They drive him to write the letter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze | ||
| Verb group | drive, drive, force, ram | ||
| 6. | drive (contact) cause to move back by force or influence | ||
| Samples | Repel the enemy. Push back the urge to smoke. Beat back the invaders. | ||
| Synonyms | beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, push | ||
| Verb group | drive | ||
| Antonyms | attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | ||
| 7. | drive (creation) compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment | ||
| Samples | She finally drove him to change jobs. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | make | ||
| Verb group | drive, drive, force, ram | ||
| 8. | drive (contact) push, propel, or press with force | ||
| Samples | Drive a nail into the wall. | ||
| Examples | The horses drive across the field | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impel, propel | ||
| 9. | drive (contact) cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force | ||
| Samples | Drive the ball far out into the field. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | throw | ||
| Verb group | beat back, drive, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse | ||
| 10. | drive (social) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | ||
| Samples | She tugged for years to make a decent living. We have to push a little to make the deadline!. She is driving away at her doctoral thesis. | ||
| Synonyms | labor, labour, push, tug | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fight, struggle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reach, strain, strive | ||
| Verb group | bear on, push | ||
| 11. | drive (communication) move into a desired direction of discourse | ||
| Samples | What are you driving at?. | ||
| Synonyms | aim, get | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intend, mean | ||
| 12. | drive (stative) have certain properties when driven | ||
| Samples | This car rides smoothly. My new truck drives well. | ||
| Examples | These cars won't drive | ||
| Synonyms | ride | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s Adjective/Noun | ||
| Verb group | drive, ride | ||
| 13. | drive (social) work as a driver | ||
| Samples | He drives a bread truck. She drives for the taxi company in Newark. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||
| Verb group | drive | ||
| 14. | drive (motion) move by being propelled by a force | ||
| Samples | The car drove around the corner. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drive, go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pull | ||
| 15. | drive (motion) urge forward | ||
| Samples | Drive the cows into the barn. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, push | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mush | ||
| 16. | drive (motion) proceed along in a vehicle | ||
| Samples | We drive the turnpike to work. | ||
| Synonyms | take | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | ||
| Verb group | drive, drive, drive, motor | ||
| Domain category | driving | ||
| 17. | drive (contact) strike with a driver, as in teeing off | ||
| Samples | Drive a golf ball. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
| Verb group | drive, drive | ||
| Domain category | golf, golf game | ||
| 18. | drive (contact) hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally | ||
| Samples | Drive a ball. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
| Verb group | drive | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
| 19. | drive (contact) excavate horizontally | ||
| Samples | Drive a tunnel. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dig, excavate, hollow | ||
| Domain category | excavation, mining | ||
| 20. | drive (consumption) cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling | ||
| Samples | The amplifier drives the tube. Steam drives the engines. This device drives the disks for the computer. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | power | ||
| 21. | drive (competition) hunting: search for game | ||
| Samples | Drive the forest. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
| Verb group | drive | ||
| 22. | drive (competition) hunting: chase from cover into more open ground | ||
| Samples | Drive the game. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
| Verb group | drive | ||
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