drive

To operate a vehicle:; To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).ergativetransitive

• The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.
• This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.

To operate a vehicle:; To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.intransitive

• I drive to work every day.

To operate a vehicle:; To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.transitive

• My cousin drove me to the airport.

To operate a vehicle:; To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.slangtransitive

• drive a 737

To operate a vehicle:; To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.intransitivetransitive

• There is a litter ready; lay him in’t And drive towards Dover, friend, where thou shalt meet Both welcome and protection.

To compel to move:; (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.transitive

• to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field

To compel to move:; (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.transitive

• The hunting dog drove the birds out of the tall grass.
• We'll drive the enemy from these lands once and for all.

To cause to move by the application of physical force:; To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.transitive

• You drive nails into wood with any hammer; it's not as strenuous as driving a tunnel through the rock.

To cause to move by the application of physical force:; To cause (a mechanism) to operate.transitive

• The pistons drive the crankshaft.

To cause to move by the application of physical force:; To hit the ball with a drive.intransitive

Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.countableuncountable

• Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.countableuncountable

• The Murdstonian drive in business.

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.; An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.broadlycountableuncountable

• Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin.

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.; An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.broadlycountableuncountable

A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.countableuncountable

• Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.

Certain mechanisms in vehicles.; A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.countableuncountable

• steam drive, nuclear drive, chain drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, front-wheel drive
• Some old model trains have clockwork drives.

Certain mechanisms in vehicles.; The location of the steering wheel used to control a vehicle.countableuncountable

• left-hand drive, right-hand drive

Certain mechanisms in vehicles.; The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)countableuncountable

• Normally you should be in drive, although you can select a lower gear such as 2 or 1 for certain conditions, such as prolonged downhill stretches.

An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).countableuncountable

• The drive this morning was awful due to snow and ice.

An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).; A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).countableuncountable

• It was a long drive to Santa Fe.