driv

Verb

drive (third-person singular simple present drives, present participle driving, simple past drove or (archaic) drave or (dialectal) driv, past participle driven or (dialectal) druv or (dialectal) drove)

1. (ergative, transitive) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
   • The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.

   Synonyms:

   ride

2. (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
   • I drive to work every day.

   Synonyms:

   motorvate

3. (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
   • My cousin drove me to the airport.

   Synonyms:

   take

4. (slang, transitive) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
   • drive a 737

   Synonyms:

   fly, pilot

5. (intransitive, transitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
   • There is a litter ready; lay him in’t
     And drive towards Dover, friend, where thou shalt meet
     Both welcome and protection.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
6. (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
   • to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field

   Synonyms:

   drove, goad, herd

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