drive

1. v. t. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room. Source: opted

2. v. t. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door. Source: opted

3. v. t. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like. Source: opted

4. v. t. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. Source: opted

5. v. t. To clear, by forcing away what is contained. Source: opted

6. v. t. To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. Source: opted

7. v. t. To pass away; -- said of time. Source: opted

8. v. i. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. Source: opted

9. v. i. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. Source: opted

10. v. i. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door. Source: opted

11. v. i. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at. Source: opted

12. v. i. To distrain for rent. Source: opted

13. p. p. Driven. Source: opted

14. n. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback. Source: opted

15. n. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. Source: opted

16. n. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business. Source: opted

17. n. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. Source: opted

18. n. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. Source: opted

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