drive

drive1 [ draıv ] (past tense drove [ drouv ] ; past participle driven [ `drıvn ] ) verb ***

▸ 1 control vehicle

▸ 2 provide power to move

▸ 3 push something to hit something else

▸ 4 force someone to leave

▸ 5 force someone into bad state

▸ 6 make someone determined

▸ 7 hit/kick ball hard

▸ 8 make animals move

▸ 9 make someone work/try hard

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive or transitive to control a vehicle so that it moves somewhere:

You will drive carefully, won't you?

Usually, my sister drives and I read the map.

drive along/down/through etc.: He drove along for several miles before he saw anyone.

drive something along/into etc.: He drove his truck into a wall.

a ) intransitive or transitive to know how to drive a vehicle:

Can't you drive?

I've been driving for 15 years and I've never had an accident.

b ) intransitive to get somewhere by driving a car:

We usually drive to Florida, but this year we're flying.

c ) transitive to take someone somewhere in a vehicle that you are driving:

Dad will drive us.

drive someone to/from something: Lee drove me to the airport.

d ) transitive to drive a particular type of vehicle regularly:

She drives a bus for a living.

2. ) transitive often passive to provide the power that makes something move:

The pump is driven by an electric motor.

3. ) transitive to push something using a lot of force, so that it enters or hits something else:

He drove the nail into the wall.

4. ) transitive to force someone to leave a place, usually the place where they live:

drive someone from/out of/off/away from something: The rising flood waters had driven her out of the village.

Thousands of people have been driven from their homes by the fighting.

5. ) transitive to force someone into a bad situation or state:

drive someone to do something: Desperation finally drove her to ask for help.

drive someone to something: People are being driven to violence by police action.

drive someone out of business: Supermarkets are driving small stores out of business.

a ) transitive INFORMAL to annoy someone by doing something:

drive someone crazy/mad/up the wall: Will you stop that humming, you're driving me crazy!

drive someone to desperation/despair: Driven to desperation, he began to steal from his employer.

drive someone to drink (=make someone feel very upset or annoyed): It's enough to drive you to drink.

6. ) transitive to make someone determined to do something:

We want to find out what drives a successful businesswoman like Sylvia.

Douglas was driven by a need to learn the truth.

7. ) intransitive or transitive to hit or kick a ball hard in a particular direction:

She drove the ball into the top corner of the goal, tying the score.

8. ) transitive to make a group of animals move somewhere

9. ) transitive to make someone work or try very hard:

The coach really drives his team, but he gets good results.

drive yourself: We think you've been driving yourself too hard.

drive a hard bargain

to be very firm when you are making an agreement

`drive at phrasal verb transitive

what someone is driving at

what someone is really trying to say:

I can see what you're driving at.

,drive a`way phrasal verb transitive

to make someone stop wanting something or stop wanting to be with someone:

Increasing prices will only drive customers away.

,drive `back phrasal verb transitive usually passive

if you are driven back by something, it forces you to stop trying to reach a person or place and move back

,drive `down phrasal verb transitive

to make a price or amount fall to a lower level:

Fierce competition among restaurants has driven down prices.

,drive `off phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive if a vehicle or driver drives off, the vehicle starts moving and leaves

2. ) transitive to force someone to go away, especially when they are attacking or threatening you

,drive `out phrasal verb transitive

to force someone or something to leave a place:

Government forces have driven the rebels out of the eastern district.

,drive `up phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive if a vehicle or driver drives up, the vehicle moves near to a person or place and stops:

A huge limousine drove up.

2. ) transitive to make a price or amount rise to a higher level:

The government's policies are driving up interest rates.

drive

drive 2 [ draıv ] noun ***

▸ 1 trip in car

▸ 2 used in street names

▸ 3 part of computer

▸ 4 effort to achieve something

▸ 5 feeling causing action

▸ 6 determination

▸ 7 hard hit/kick of ball

▸ 8 power that turns wheels

▸ 9 wide path for car

1. ) count a trip in a car:

I set off on the 30-mile drive to the hospital.

The hotel is only 10 minutes' drive from the airport.

go for a drive: We went for a drive in Jack's new car.

2. ) Drive used in the names of streets:

25 Ocean Drive

3. ) count COMPUTING the part of a computer that sends or receives information from a DISK:

disk/hard/CD-ROM drive: First insert the disk into your disk drive.

4. ) count a big effort to achieve something, especially by a company or government:

The company is launching a major recruitment drive.

drive for: the region's drive for independence

a drive to do something: The company has embarked on a drive to improve its image.

5. ) count a feeling that makes you act in a particular way:

instinctual desires and drives

6. ) uncount the energy and determination that makes you try hard to achieve something:

As a student she was full of drive and ambition.

7. ) count a hard hit or kick of a ball

8. ) uncount the power from an engine that turns the wheels of a vehicle:

four-wheel/rear-wheel/front-wheel drive

9. ) count a DRIVEWAY