drive
drive Lexical Profile
drive Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A trip or journey in a motor vehicle.
"We took a scenic drive along the coast to watch the sunset."
An innate or strong determination, ambition, and energy to achieve a goal.
"Her relentless drive and curiosity helped her succeed in medical school."
An organized, concerted effort or campaign by a group to achieve a particular purpose, such as raising funds or collecting supplies.
"The community center organized a winter clothing drive for local families."
An electromechanical or solid-state computer component that reads and writes data to a storage medium.
"He backed up all of his research files onto an external drive."
A short private road leading from a public street to a house or garage, or a broad public street.
"She parked the delivery van in the gravel drive in front of the cottage."
• verb
To operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
"She learned to drive a manual transmission car before moving to Europe."
To convey or transport a person or cargo in a motor vehicle.
"Could you drive me to the train station tomorrow morning?"
To propel, push, or force an object into a specified position or direction with strong impact.
"The carpenter used a heavy mallet to drive the wooden pegs into the beam."
To motivate, compel, or stimulate a person, process, or system to act or progress toward an outcome.
"Technological innovation continues to drive economic growth across the region."
• Rhymes for drive
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'drifan', meaning to push from behind, impel, or pursue, tracing back to the Proto-Germanic '*dribanan'. The modern sense of operating a self-propelled motor vehicle emerged in the late 19th century as an extension of guiding draft animals or carriages.