Dictionary entry details
• DRIVE (noun)
Meaning:
The act of applying force to propel something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
drive; driving force; thrust
Context example:
after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
firewall ((colloquial) the application of maximum thrust)
impetus; impulse; impulsion (the act of applying force suddenly)
Meaning:
A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
fusee; fusee drive (a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring)
Meaning:
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
crusade; campaign; cause; drive; effort; movement
Context examples:
he supported populist campaigns / they worked in the cause of world peace / the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant / the movement to end slavery / contributed to the war effort
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
venture (any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
youth crusade; youth movement (political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people)
war (a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious)
reform (a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices)
lost cause (a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable)
gay lib; gay liberation movement (the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression)
feminism; feminist movement; women's lib; women's liberation movement (the movement aimed at equal rights for women)
fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive; fund-raising effort (a campaign to raise money for some cause)
ad blitz; ad campaign; advertising campaign (an organized program of advertisements)
anti-war movement (a campaign against entering or continuing a war)
charm campaign (a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support)
consumerism (a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers)
campaigning; candidacy; candidature; electioneering; political campaign (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
Meaning:
A road leading up to a private house
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
driveway; private road; drive
Context example:
they parked in the driveway
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Meronyms (parts of "drive"):
turnaround (an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around)
Meaning:
The trait of being highly motivated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)
energy; get-up-and-go; push (enterprising or ambitious drive)
ambition; ambitiousness (a strong drive for success)
enterprise; enterprisingness; go-ahead; initiative (readiness to embark on bold new ventures)
action (the trait of being active and energetic and forceful)
Meaning:
Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
driving; drive
Context example:
he sliced his drive out of bounds
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
Meaning:
The act of driving a herd of animals overland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
cattle drive (driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers))
Meaning:
A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ride; drive
Context example:
he took the family for a drive in his new car
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
lift (a ride in a car)
joyride (a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure)
spin (a short drive in a car)
Meaning:
A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
physiological condition; physiological state (the state of the body or bodily functions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
hypoxia (a very strong drive resulting from a deficiency of available oxygen in the blood and bodily tissues (short of anoxia))
sex drive (a physiological need for sexual activity)
thirst; thirstiness (a physiological need to drink)
hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)
Meaning:
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Meronyms (parts of "drive"):
arbor; mandrel; mandril; spindle (any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
RAM disk ((computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors)
internal drive (a drive mounted inside of a computer)
external drive (a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable)
disc drive; disk drive; hard drive; Winchester drive (computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it)
CD-ROM drive (a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be 'played')
CD drive (a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system)
Meaning:
A wide scenic road planted with trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
parkway; drive
Context example:
the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Meaning:
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drive" is a kind of...):
return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)
Domain category:
squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)
lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drive"):
backhand drive (a hard straight return made on the backhand side)
forehand drive ((sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash))
• DRIVE (verb)
Meaning:
Operate or control a vehicle
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context examples:
drive a car or bus / Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
control; operate (handle and cause to function)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
tool (drive)
drive (move by being propelled by a force)
test drive (test a vehicle by driving it)
coach (drive a coach)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They drive the car down the avenue
Meaning:
Travel or be transported in a vehicle
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
motor; drive
Context examples:
We drove to the university every morning / They motored to London for the theater
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
"Drive" entails doing...:
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
They drive up the hill
Meaning:
Cause someone or something to move by driving
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context examples:
She drove me to school every day / We drove the car to the garage
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
pull (steer into a certain direction)
chauffeur; drive around (drive someone in a vehicle)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
drive away; drive off; drive out (force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings)
drive out (force or drive out)
Meaning:
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
ram; drive; force
Context examples:
She rammed her mind into focus / He drives me mad
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
thrust (push forcefully)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
toe; toenail (drive obliquely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
drive in (cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion)
Meaning:
To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
She is driven by her passion
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They drive him to write the letter
Meaning:
Cause to move back by force or influence
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
beat back; force back; push back; repel; repulse; drive
Context examples:
repel the enemy / push back the urge to smoke / beat back the invaders
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force,)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
She finally drove him to change jobs
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
make (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Push, propel, or press with force
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Drive a nail into the wall
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The horses drive across the field
Meaning:
Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
drive the ball far out into the field
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
throw (project through the air)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
labor; tug; labour; push; drive
Context examples:
She tugged for years to make a decent living / We have to push a little to make the deadline! / She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
fight; struggle (make a strenuous or labored effort)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
reach; strain; strive (to exert much effort or energy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Move into a desired direction of discourse
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
aim; drive; get
Context example:
What are you driving at?
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
intend; mean (mean or intend to express or convey)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Have certain properties when driven
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
ride; drive
Context examples:
This car rides smoothly / My new truck drives well
Sentence frame:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Sentence example:
These cars won't drive
Meaning:
Work as a driver
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context examples:
He drives a bread truck / She drives for the taxi company in Newark
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
do work; work (be employed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Move by being propelled by a force
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The car drove around the corner
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
pull (move into a certain direction)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Urge forward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
drive the cows into the barn
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force,)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drive"):
mush (drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Proceed along in a vehicle
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
drive; take
Context example:
We drive the turnpike to work
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Strike with a driver, as in teeing off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
drive a golf ball
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
drive a ball
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
cricket (a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Excavate horizontally
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
drive a tunnel
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
dig; excavate; hollow (remove the inner part or the core of)
Domain category:
excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context examples:
The amplifier drives the tube / steam drives the engines / this device drives the disks for the computer
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
power (supply the force or power for the functioning of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Hunting: search for game
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
drive the forest
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
hunt; hunt down; run; track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
drive the game
Hypernyms (to "drive" is one way to...):
hunt; hunt down; run; track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
