drive

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move, chase, hunt, follow up, pursue; impel by physical force, rush against, thrust, carry off vigorously, transact, prosecute, conduct, practice, carry on, exercise, do; speak often of a matter, bring up, agitate, trot out; urge a cause; suffer, undergo; proceed with violence, rush with violence, act impetuously”), from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“cloudy, dirty, muddy”). Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to chase, drive, impel”), Dutch drijven (“to drive”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Danish drive (“to drive, run, force”), Swedish driva (“to drive, power, drift, push, force”), Icelandic drífa (“to drive, hurry, rush”).

Verb[edit]

drive (third-person singular simple present drives, present participle driving, simple past drove or (archaic) drave, past participle driven)

  1. (transitive) To herd (animals) in a particular direction.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
  3. (transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.
    The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.
  4. (transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
    You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
  5. (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
    The pistons drive the crankshaft.
  6. (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
    drive a car
  7. (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
    What drives a person to run a marathon?
  8. (transitive) To compel (to do something).
    Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
  9. (transitive) To cause to become.
    This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity.
    You are driving me crazy!
  10. (intransitive, cricket) To hit the ball with a drive.
  11. (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
    I drive to work every day.
  12. (transitive) To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
    My wife drove me to the airport.
  13. To move forcefully
    • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, BBC:
      The impressive Frenchman drove forward with purpose down the right before cutting infield and darting in between Vassiriki Diaby and Koscielny.

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Terms derived from the verb to drive

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Translations[edit]

herd (animals) in a particular direction
cause animals to flee out of
move something by hitting it with great force
cause a mechanism to operate
operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)
to motivate
compel (to do something)
cause to become
cricket: hit the ball with a drive
to travel by operating a motorized vehicle
convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle
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Noun[edit]

drive (plural drives)

  1. ​Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition.
    Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
  2. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
    • Matthew Arnold
      The Murdstonian drive in business.
  3. An act of driving animals forward, to be captured, hunted etc.
    • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 79:
      Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin.
  4. (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
    Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
  5. A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
    Some old model trains have clockwork drives.
  6. A trip made in a motor vehicle.
    It was a long drive.
  7. A driveway.
    The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.
  8. A type of public roadway.
    Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
  9. (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
  10. (psychology) Desire or interest.
  11. (computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
  12. (computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
  13. (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
  14. (baseball) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
  15. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
  16. (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
    • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, BBC:
      And after Rodallega missed two early opportunities, the first a header, the second a low drive easily held by Lukasz Fabianski, it was N'Zogbia who created the opening goal.
  17. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive
  18. (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
  19. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

Usage notes[edit]

  • In connection with a mass-storage device, originally the word "drive" referred solely to the reading and writing mechanism. For the storage device itself, the word "disk" was used instead. This remains a valid distinction for components such as floppy drives or CD drives, in which the drive and the disk are separate and independent items. For other devices, such as hard disks and flash drives, the reading, writing and storage components are combined into an integrated whole, and can not be separated without destroying the device. In these cases, the words "disk" and "drive" are used interchangeably.

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Terms derived from the noun drive

Translations[edit]

self-motivation
military: sustained advance
motor that does not take fuel
a trip made in a motor vehicle
driveway
type of public roadway
psychology: desire or interest
computing: mass-storage device
golf: stroke made with a driver
baseball: ball struck in a flat trajectory
type of shot in cricket
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Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Swedish driva, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Low German drieven, North Frisian driwe, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /driːvə/, [d̥ʁiːwə]

Noun[edit]

drive c (singular definite driven, plural indefinite driver)

  1. drift
Inflection[edit]
    Inflection of drive
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative drive driven driver driverne
genitive drives drivens drivers drivernes

Verb[edit]

drive (imperative driv, present driver, past drev, past participle drevet, dreven or drevne, present participle drivende)

  1. drive
  2. run
  3. force
  4. power
  5. drift

Etymology 2[edit]

From English drive.

Noun[edit]

drive c

  1. drive (psychology: desire or interest, self-motivation)

Noun[edit]

drive n (singular definite drivet, plural indefinite drive)

  1. drive (golf: stroke made with a driver)
Inflection[edit]
    Inflection of drive
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative drive drivet drive drivene
genitive drives drivets drives drivenes

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

drive

  1. first-person singular present indicative of driver
  2. third-person singular present indicative of driver
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of driver
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of driver
  5. second-person singular imperative of driver

Norwegian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Swedish driva, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

Verb[edit]

drive

  1. move; turn
  2. pursue
  3. deviate
  4. float; drift
  5. operate; run
  6. follow
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