■ verb ( past drove ; past participle ~n )
1》 operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
↘convey in a car.
2》 propel or carry along by force.
↘provide the power to operate (a machine).
↘(in ball games) hit or kick (the ball) hard.
↘bore (a tunnel).
3》 urge or force to move in a specified direction.
4》 compel to act in a particular way: he was ~n by ambition.
■ noun
1》 a journey in a car.
2》 (also ~way ) a short private road leading to a house.
3》 an innate, biologically determined urge.
↘determination and ambition.
4》 an organized effort to achieve a purpose: a recruitment ~.
↘ Brit. a large organized gathering to play whist or another game.
5》 the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a vehicle.
↘ Computing a disk ~.
6》 an act of driving a ball.
7》 an act of driving animals.
Phrases
what one is driving at the point that one is attempting to make.
Derivatives
drivability (also ~ability ) noun
drivable (also ~able ) adjective
Origin
OE drīfan , of Gmc origin.