drive

From Wiktionary
drive is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
drink - drive - drop

Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
drive

Third-person singular
drives

Past tense
drove

Past participle
driven

Present participle
driving

  1. (transitive & intransitive) If you drive a car or other vehicle, you control its movement and direction.
    I've been learning how to drive a bus.
  2. (transitive & intransitive) If you drive somewhere, you go there by car.
    The bus is too slow. Let's drive to school instead.
    Mom, can you drive me to Cindy's house?
  3. (transitive) If you drive someone or something, you make them move.
    The dogs drove the cows into the field.
  4. (transitive) If you drive someone to do something, you make them do something.
    The death of her son drove her to drink.

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Noun[change]

Singular
drive

Plural
drives

  1. (countable) A drive is a trip by car.
    Let's go for a drive down to the lake.
  2. (countable & uncountable) Drive is the feeling that you want or need to do something.
    She has a strong drive to succeed.
    If you're tired, it often affects your sex drive.
  3. (countable) A (disk) drive is part of a computer that reads and writes information to a disk.
  4. (countable) A drive is the short road outside a house to put a car on.
  5. (countable) A drive is a short strong effort to do something.
  6. (uncountable) Drive is the power that makes a vehicle move.
  7. (countable) In sports, a drive a ball that has been hit hard.
  8. (countable) A drive is when people direct a group of animals to move in a particular direction.
  9. (countable) A drive is kind of road.

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