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drivest

drivest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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

See all 55 meanings of drive

Origin of drivest

drive + -est

Questions about drivest

What is drivest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drivest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of drive.

Words near drivest in the dictionary

  1. drives up
  2. driveshaft
  3. driveshafts
  4. driveshed
  5. drivesheds
  6. drivest
  7. driveth
  8. drivethrough
  9. drivethroughs
  10. drivethru
  11. drivetime

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