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drived

drived is the simple past and past participle of drive.

Meaning of drive

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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Questions about drived

What is drived the simple past and past participle of?
Drived is the simple past and past participle of drive.

Words near drived in the dictionary

  1. drivebelts
  2. drivebolt
  3. drivebolts
  4. driveby
  5. drivebys
  6. drived
  7. drivee
  8. drivees
  9. drivehead
  10. driveheads
  11. drivel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drived (page history and authors); drive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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