Definition of driving

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Driving (a.) Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm..

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Lime :: Lime (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc..
Driver :: Driver (n.) The driving wheel of a locomotive.
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck..
Jade :: Jade (v. t.) To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension..
Exorcism :: Exorcism (n.) The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used..
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing..
Retropulsive :: Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.
Impulse :: Impulse (n.) The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately..
Pulsion :: Pulsion (n.) The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to suction or traction.
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel.
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Blast :: Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body..
Gust :: Gust (n.) A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw..
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..
Millwork :: Millwork (n.) The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills..
Driving :: Driving (n.) The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.
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