Definición de drive

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

drive

(draɪv )

Formas de la palabra:plural, 3rd person singular present tense drives , present participle driving , past tense drove , past participle driven

1. verbo

When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction.

I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner. [VERB preposition/adverb]

He put the bags in the car and drove off. [VERB preposition/adverb]

She never learned to drive. [VERB]

Mrs Glick drove her own car and the girls went in Nancy's convertible. [VERB noun]

[Also VERB noun preposition/adverb]

Sinónimos:go (by car), ride (by car), motor, travel by car Más sinónimos de drive

driving sustantivo incontable

...a qualified driving instructor.

It was an outrageous piece of dangerous driving.

2. verbo

If you drive someone somewhere, you take them there in a car or other vehicle.

His daughter Carly drove him to the train station. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]

[Also VERB noun]

Sinónimos:run, take, transport, bring Más sinónimos de drive

3. sustantivo contable

A drive is a journey in a car or other vehicle.

I thought we might go for a drive on Sunday.

Sinónimos:run, ride, trip, journey Más sinónimos de drive

4. sustantivo contable

A drive is a wide piece of hard ground, or sometimes a private road, that leads from the road to a person's house.

5. verbo

If something drives a machine, it supplies the power that makes it work.

The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels. [VERB noun]

6. sustantivo incontable [usually noun NOUN]

Drive is the power supplied by the engine to particular wheels in a car or other vehicle to make the vehicle move.

He put the jeep in four-wheel drive and splashed up the slope.

7. sustantivo contable

You use drive to refer to the mechanical part of a computer which reads the data on disks and tapes, or writes data onto them.

The easiest way to back up your computer is with an external hard disk drive.

8. See also disk drive

9. verbo

If you drive something such as a nail into something else, you push it in or hammer it in using a lot of effort.

I used a sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the ground. [VERB noun preposition]

I held it still and drove in a nail. [VERB noun with adverb]

Sinónimos:thrust, push, sink, send Más sinónimos de drive

10. verbo

In games such as cricket, golf, or football, if a player drives a ball somewhere, they kick or hit it there with a lot of force.

Armstrong drove the ball into the roof of the net. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]

[Also VERB noun]

11. sustantivo contable

In golf, a drive is the first stroke a player makes from the tee.

Woosnam sliced his drive into the bushes.

12. verbo

If the wind, rain, or snow drives in a particular direction, it moves with great force in that direction.

Rain drove against the window. [VERB preposition/adverb]

Sinónimos:lash, pound, beat, hammer Más sinónimos de drive

driving adjetivo [ADJECTIVE noun]

He crashed into a tree in driving rain.

...rescuers battling through driving snow.

13. verbo

If you drive people or animals somewhere, you make them go to or from that place.

The last offensive drove thousands of people into the hills. [VERB noun preposition]

Every summer the shepherds drive the sheep up to pasture. [VERB noun preposition]

The smoke also drove mosquitoes away. [VERB noun with adverb]

Sinónimos:herd, urge, shepherd, round up Más sinónimos de drive

14. verbo

To drive someone into a particular state or situation means to force them into that state or situation.

The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy. [V n + into/to]

He nearly drove Elsie mad with his fussing. [VERB noun adjective]

15. verbo

The desire or feeling that drives a person to do something, especially something extreme, is the desire or feeling that causes them to do it.

More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

Jealousy drives people to murder. [VERB noun + to]

...people who are driven by guilt, resentment and anxiety. [be VERB-ed]

...a man driven by a pathological need to win. [VERB-ed]

[Also VERB noun]

Sinónimos:force, press, prompt, spur Más sinónimos de drive

16. sustantivo incontable

If you say that someone has drive, you mean they have energy and determination.

John will be best remembered for his drive and enthusiasm.

Sinónimos:initiative, push [informal], energy, enterprise Más sinónimos de drive

17. sustantivo contable

A drive is a very strong need or desire in human beings that makes them act in particular ways.

...compelling, dynamic sex drives.

Sinónimos:desire, need, urge, instinct Más sinónimos de drive

18. sustantivo singular

A drive is a special effort made by a group of people for a particular purpose.

They plan to launch a nationwide recruitment drive.

The country is leading the drive towards a low-carbon economy.

19. sustantivo contable

Drive is used in the names of some streets.

...23 Queen's Drive, Malvern, Worcestershire.

20. See also driving

21.

what someone is driving at

22. to drive a hard bargain

Verbos con partícula:

drive away

drive off

drive out

Más sinónimos de drive

Video: pronunciation of 'drive'

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

drive in American

(draɪv ; drīv)

verbo transitivoFormas de la palabra:drove, ˈdriven, ˈdriving

to force to go; urge onward; push forward

to force into or from a state or act

driven mad

to force to work, usually to excess

to force by or as by a blow, thrust, or stroke

to throw, hit, or cast hard and swiftly

c. Golf

to hit from the tee, usually with a driver

to cause to go through; make penetrate

to make or produce by penetrating

to drive a hole through metal

to control the movement or direct the course of (an automobile, horse and wagon, locomotive, etc.)

to transport in an automobile or other vehicle

to impel or propel as motive power; set or keep going; cause to function

a gasoline engine drives the motorboat

to compel, motivate, influence, direct, etc.

the investigation is driven by political rivalry

10.

to carry on with vigor; push (a bargain, etc.) through

11. Hunting

to chase (game) from thickets into the clear or into nets, traps, etc.

to cover (an area) in this way

verbo intransitivo

12.

to advance violently; dash

13.

to work or try hard, as to reach a goal

14.

to drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.

15.

to be driven; operate

said of a motor vehicle

16.

to go or be conveyed in a vehicle

17.

to operate a motor vehicle

sustantivo

18.

the act of driving

19.

a trip in a vehicle

20.

a road for automobiles, etc.

a driveway

21. US

a rounding up or moving of animals on foot for branding, slaughter, etc.

the animals rounded up or moved

22.

a hard, swift blow, thrust, etc., as of a ball in a game

b. Golf

a shot from the tee, usually with a driver

23. US

an organized movement to achieve some purpose; campaign

a large-scale military offensive to gain an objective

c. American Football

a series of plays that advances the ball toward the opponent's goal, usually resulting in a field goal or touchdown

24. US

the power or energy to get things done; enthusiastic or aggressive vigor

25.

that which is urgent or pressing; pressure

26. US

a collection of logs being floated down a river to a sawmill

27.

any apparatus that transmits power in a motor vehicle

a gear drive

that arrangement in an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle which allows movement forward at varying speeds

28.

a device that communicates motion to a machine or machine part

29. Computing

a unit that reads and writes data on magnetic tape, a disk, etc.

30. Psychology

any of the basic biological impulses or urges, such as self-preservation, hunger, sex, etc.

Modismos:

drive at

drive in

let drive

Formas derivadas

drivable (ˈdrivable)

adjetivo or ˈdriveable

drivability (ˌdrivaˈbility)

sustantivo or ˌdriveaˈbility

Origen de la palabra drive

ME driven < OE drifan, akin to Goth dreiban, Ger treiben, ON drīfa < IE base *dhreibh-, to push

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

drive in British

(draɪv )

verboFormas de la palabra:drives, driving, drove (drəʊv ) or driven (ˈdrɪvən )

to push, propel, or be pushed or propelled

to control and guide the movement of (a vehicle, draught animal, etc)

to drive a car

3. (transitive)

to compel or urge to work or act, esp excessively

4. (transitive)

to goad or force into a specified attitude or state

work drove him to despair

5. (transitive)

to cause (an object) to make or form (a hole, crack, etc)

his blow drove a hole in the wall

to move or cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

7. sport

to hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically

8. golf

to strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off

9. (transitive)

to chase (game) from cover into more open ground

to search (an area) for game

10.

to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle

11. (intransitive)

to rush or dash violently, esp against an obstacle or solid object

the waves drove against the rock

12. (transitive)

to carry through or transact with vigour (esp in the phrase drive a hard bargain)

13. (transitive)

to force (a component) into or out of its location by means of blows or a press

14. (transitive) mining

to excavate horizontally

15. (transitive) New Zealand

to fell (a tree or trees) by the impact of another felled tree

16. drive home

sustantivo

17.

the act of driving

18.

a trip or journey in a driven vehicle

19.

a road for vehicles, esp a private road leading to a house

(capital when part of a street name)

Woodland Drive

20.

vigorous or urgent pressure, as in business

21.

a united effort, esp directed towards a common goal

a charity drive

22. British

a large gathering of persons to play cards, etc

beetle drive, whist drive

23.

energy, ambition, or initiative

24. psychology

a motive or interest, such as sex, hunger, or ambition, that actuates an organism to attain a goal

25.

a sustained and powerful military offensive

26.

the means by which force, torque, motion, or power is transmitted in a mechanism

fluid drive

(as modifier)

a drive shaft

27. sport

a hard straight shot or stroke

28.

a search for and chasing of game towards waiting guns

29. electronics

the signal applied to the input of an amplifier

Formas derivadas

drivable (ˈdrivable) or driveable (ˈdriveable)

adjetivo

drivability (ˌdrivaˈbility) or driveability (ˌdriveaˈbility)

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra drive

Old English drīfan; related to Old Frisian drīva, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, Old High German trīban

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