Definition of drive

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Drive (v. i.) To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at..

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Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Overshake :: Overshake (v. t.) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.
Bandy :: Bandy (v. i.) To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way..
Driveway :: Driveway (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.
Race :: Race (v. t.) To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses..
Bay :: Bay (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear..
Air Engine :: Air engine () An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist
Bounce :: Bounce (v. t.) To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
Syncopation :: Syncopate (v. t.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags..
Impacted :: Impacted (a.) Driven together or close.
Dotery :: Dotery (n.) The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel.
Slaver :: Slaver (n.) Saliva driveling from the mouth.
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:.
Driveled :: Driveled (imp. & p. p.) of Drive.
Dispel :: Dispel (v. t.) To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions..
Drevil :: Drevil (n.) A fool; a drudge. See Drivel.
Drive :: Drive (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
Pocket :: Pocket (n.) One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven..
Beached :: Beached (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached..
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