drive

drive · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To operate and control a motor vehicle.

  2. 2.

    To transport someone in a vehicle.

  3. 3.

    To force or urge in a specified direction.

  4. 4.

    To cause or motivate someone to do something.

  5. 5.

    To push or force into a position.

  6. 6.

    A trip in a vehicle.

  7. 7.

    Determination and ambition.

  8. 8.

    A road or path, especially a private one.

  9. 9.

    (Computing) A device for reading and writing data.

Related words

See also: car, driven, drove
Synonyms: motivate, operate, propel, steer

Etymology

From Old English drifan meaning "to drive, force, impel," from Proto-Germanic dreibaną. The original sense was of compelling movement, which extended to operating vehicles.