v.
(past drove; past part. driven)
- operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
▸convey in a car.
- 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).
- urge or force to move in a specified direction.
- compel to act in a particular way:
he was driven by ambition.
n.
- a journey in a car.
-
(also driveway)
a short private road leading to a house.
- an innate, biologically determined urge.
▸determination and ambition.
- an organized effort to achieve a purpose:
a recruitment drive.
▸Brit. a large organized gathering to play whist or another game.
- the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a vehicle.
▸Computing a disk drive.
- an act of driving a ball.
- an act of driving animals.
Phrase
- what one is driving at
the point that one is attempting to make.
Derivative
- drivability
(also driveability)
n.
- drivable
(also driveable)
adj.
Etymology
OE drīfan, of Gmc origin.