Definition of drive

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Drive (n.) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business..

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Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained..
Stakehead :: Stake-driver (n.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen..
Chase :: Chase (v.) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point..
Bayonet :: Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (a.) Driven back, as sound; reflected..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like..
Pall-mall :: Pall-mall (n.) A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean..
Hackman :: Hackman (n.) The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
Expulse :: Expulse (v. t.) To drive out; to expel.
Sociable :: Sociable (n.) A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver..
Drover :: Drover (n.) One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market..
Victoria :: Victoria (n.) A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front..
Brob :: Brob (n.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping..
Race :: Race (v. t.) To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses..
Stagehouse :: Stagecoachman (n.) One who drives a stagecoach.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. i.) To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound..
Rammer :: Rammer (n.) One who, or that which, rams or drives..
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