Definition of drive

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Drive (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..

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Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Water Motor :: Water motor () A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main..
Drive :: Drive (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..
Drover :: Drover (n.) A boat driven by the tide.
Shove :: Shove (v. i.) To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon..
Tennis :: Tennis (v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis..
Torrefy :: Torrefy (v. t.) To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores..
Drive :: Drive (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..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
Wind-rode :: Wind-rode (a.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other..
Starlit :: Starling (n.) A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger..
Fear :: Fear (n.) To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
Driveler :: Driveler (n.) A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool.
Chase :: Chase (v. t.) To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away..
Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted..
Alexipyretic :: Alexipyretic (a.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.
Water Power :: Water power () A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.
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