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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Driver :: Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:.
Flutter :: Flutter (v. t.) To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.
Home :: Home (adv.) To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home..
Hole :: Hole (n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball..
Pump :: Pump (n.) An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston..
Teamster :: Teamster (n.) One who drives a team.
Home-driven :: Home-driven (a.) Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close..
Drive :: Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
Scud :: Scud (v. i.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread..
Profligate :: Profligate (v. t.) To drive away; to overcome.
Band :: Band (v. t.) To bandy; to drive away.
Drive :: Drive (v. i.) To distrain for rent.
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To drive or follow with a shout.
Gad :: Gad (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with..
Gee :: Gee (v. i.) To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi..
Repercuss :: Repercuss (v. t.) To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate..
Exile :: Exile (v. t.) To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun..
Drawbore :: Drawbore (n.) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together..
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