drive
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
Framework senses
- §1
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- §2
- hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
- §3
- hunting: search for game
- §4
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- §5
- excavate horizontally
- §6
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
- §7
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- §8
- cause to move back by force or influence
- §9
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- §10
- push, propel, or press with force
- §11
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- §12
- compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
- §13
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- §14
- proceed along in a vehicle
- §15
- operate or control a vehicle
- §16
- urge forward
- §17
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- §18
- move by being propelled by a force
- §19
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- §20
- work as a driver
- §21
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- §22
- have certain properties when driven