- 1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Drive Source: opted
- 2. a. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm. Source: opted
- 3. a. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft. Source: opted
- 4. n. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously. Source: opted
- 5. n. Tendency; drift. Source: opted
- 6. adj. having the power of driving or impelling Source: wordnet
- 7. adj. acting with vigor Source: wordnet
- 8. n. hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver Source: wordnet
- 9. n. the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal Source: wordnet
- 10. 1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm. 2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft. Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive. -- Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving axle. See Illust. of Locomotive. -- Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through. -- Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks. [Eng.] Weale. -- Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive. 1. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously. 2. Tendency; drift. [R.] Source: webster
- 11. j:88/n:12 n. the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal s. having the power of driving or impelling s. acting with vigor Source: ecdict
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