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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v),
formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p.
pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[=i]fan; akin to OS.
dr[=i]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[=i]ban, G. treiben, Icel.
dr[=i]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from
one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to
move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to
drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
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A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
--Pope.
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Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.
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2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which
draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,
to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by
beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive
a person to his own door.
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How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
--Thackeray.
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3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;
to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive
a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of
circumstances, by argument, and the like. `` Enough to
drive one mad.'' --Tennyson.
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He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do
the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had
done for his. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
[Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.
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The trade of life can not be driven without
partners. --Collier.
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5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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To drive the country, force the swains away.
--Dryden.
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6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
or tunnel. --Tomlinson.
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7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
throw.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by
manipulating the controls, such as the steering,
propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Drove \Drove\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Droved; p. pr. & vb.
n. Droving.] [Cf. Drove, n., and Drover.]
1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to
follow the occupation of a drover.
He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the
Castlereagh. --Paterson.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Drove \Drove\, imp.
of Drive.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Drove \Drove\, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See
Drive.]
1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for
driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine,
driven in a body.
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2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving
forward; as, a finny drove. --Milton.
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3. A crowd of people in motion.
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Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --Dryden.
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4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
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5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation
of land. --Simmonds.
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6. (Masonry)
(a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth
surface; -- called also drove chisel.
(b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove
chisel; -- called also drove work.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Drove \Drove\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Droved; p. pr. & vb.
n. Droving.] [Cf. Drove, n., and Drover.]
1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to
follow the occupation of a drover.
He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the
Castlereagh. --Paterson.
2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v),
formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p.
pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[=i]fan; akin to OS.
dr[=i]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[=i]ban, G. treiben, Icel.
dr[=i]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from
one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to
move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to
drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
--Pope.
Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.
2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which
draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,
to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by
beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive
a person to his own door.
How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
--Thackeray.
3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;
to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive
a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of
circumstances, by argument, and the like. `` Enough to
drive one mad.'' --Tennyson.
He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do
the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had
done for his. --Sir P.
Sidney.
4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
[Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.
The trade of life can not be driven without
partners. --Collier.
5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
To drive the country, force the swains away.
--Dryden.
6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
or tunnel. --Tomlinson.
7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent
action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body
is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to
cause to move by applying the force before, or in
front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the
objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an
engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive
logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct
them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to
place them in a machine, which, by a current of air,
drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them
by themselves. ``My thrice-driven bed of down.''
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Drove \Drove\, imp.
of Drive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Drove \Drove\, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See
Drive.]
1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for
driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine,
driven in a body.
2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving
forward; as, a finny drove. --Milton.
3. A crowd of people in motion.
Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --Dryden.
4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation
of land. --Simmonds.
6. (Masonry)
(a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth
surface; -- called also drove chisel.
(b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove
chisel; -- called also drove work.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
drive
n 1: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
[syn: thrust, driving force]
2: a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a
machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation
through a range of speeds"
3: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward
a particular end; "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" [syn: campaign,
cause, crusade, movement, effort]
4: a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the
driveway" [syn: driveway, private road]
5: the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy
exhausted his co-workers"
6: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced
his drive out of bounds" [syn: driving]
7: the act of driving a herd of animals overland
8: a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the
family for a drive in his new car" [syn: ride]
9: a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or
desire
10: (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads
data from a storage medium
11: a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive
offers many exciting scenic views" [syn: parkway]
12: (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
v 1: operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you
drive this four-wheel truck?"
2: travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the
university every morning"; "They motored to London for the
theater" [syn: motor]
3: cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me
to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
4: force into or from an action or state, either physically or
metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He
drives me mad" [syn: force, ram]
5: to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive
pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her
passion"
6: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy";
"push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
[syn: repel, repulse, force back, push back, beat
back] [ant: attract]
7: compel somebody to do something, often against his own will
or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"
8: push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the
wall"
9: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;
"drive the ball far out into the field"
10: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "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" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push]
11: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you
driving at?" [syn: get, aim]
12: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides
smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: ride]
13: work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for
the taxi company in Newark"
14: move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around
the corner"
15: urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
16: proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
[syn: take]
17: strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golfball"
18: hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or
less vertically; "drive a ball"
19: excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"
20: cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by
controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam
drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for
the computer"
21: hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
22: hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the
game"
[also: drove, driven]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
drove
n 1: a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
2: a moving crowd [syn: horde, swarm]
3: a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
[syn: drove chisel]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
drove
See drive
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
drove
n.
1 A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of
cattle driven to market or new pastures.
2 (lb en figuratively by extension usually in the plural) A large
number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
3 (lb en collective) A group of hares.
4 A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove
road.
5 A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of
land<ref>(R:Simmonds Trade)</ref>.
6 A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
7 The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
vb.
(en-simple past of: drive)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
drove
n.
1 A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of
cattle driven to market or new pastures.
2 (lb en figuratively by extension usually in the plural) A large
number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
3 (lb en collective) A group of hares.
4 A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove
road.
5 A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of
land<ref>(R:Simmonds Trade)</ref>.
6 A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
7 The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
vb.
(en-simple past of: drive)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
drove
n.
1 A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of
cattle driven to market or new pastures.
2 (lb en figuratively by extension usually in the plural) A large
number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
3 (lb en collective) A group of hares.
4 A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove
road.
5 A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of
land<ref>(R:Simmonds Trade)</ref>.
6 A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
7 The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
vb.
(en-simple past of: drive)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
drove
n.
1 A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of
cattle driven to market or new pastures.
2 (lb en figuratively by extension usually in the plural) A large
number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
3 (lb en collective) A group of hares.
4 A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove
road.
5 A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of
land<ref>(R:Simmonds Trade)</ref>.
6 A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
7 The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
vb.
(en-simple past of: drive)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
drove
Englanti n.
karjalauma, lauma
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
drove
Engelska n.
1 stim, svärm; hjord
2 mängd, drös
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb drive)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Drove /dɹˈəʊv/
القطيع
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
drove //dɹəʊv// //d͡ʒɹoʊv//
1. тълпа
large number of people on the move
2. стадо, черда
number of cattle driven to market or new pastures
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
vezl
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
řídil
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
jel
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
hejno
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
Herde [zool.]
"drove of geese" - Gänseherde
"drove of hares" - Hasenherde
"drove of cattle" - Rinderherde
see: droves
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
drive /dɹˈaɪv/ (drove /dɹˈəʊv/ <>, driven /dɹˈɪvən/ <>)
autofahren [auto]
"he/she drives" - er/sie fährt Auto
"Can you drive?" - Kannst du Auto fahren?
"People can drive at age 16 in the US." - In den USA kann man mit 16 autofahren.
see: driving, driven, I/he/she drove
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
drive /dɹˈaɪv/ (drove /dɹˈəʊv/ <>, driven /dɹˈɪvən/ <>)
treiben, antreiben, lenken
"he/she drives" - er/sie treibt
"he/she has/had driven" - er/sie hat/hatte getrieben
"drive sb. mad" - jdn. in den Wahnsinn treiben
"drive to despair" - zur Verzweiflung treiben
see: driving, driven, I/he/she drove, undriven
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
drove //dɹəʊv// //d͡ʒɹoʊv//
1. lauma
group of hares
2. kasteluoja
narrow drain for irrigation
3. karjapolku
road or track along which cattle are habitually driven
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
1. झुंड
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
upravljati
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
1. tömeg
2. nyáj
3. mozgó falka
4. csorda
5. embertömeg
6. falka
From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]
drove /drəuv/
1. pt iš drive
See also: drive
2. būrys (žmonių)
3. banda (gyvulių)
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
drove /drəʊv/
droves /dɹˈəʊvz/ stada, tabuny
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
drove //dɹəʊv// //d͡ʒɹoʊv//
boskapsled, fägata
road or track along which cattle are habitually driven
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
1. (bak.) drive.
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
drove /dɹˈəʊv/
1. sürü, küme
2. enli keski, enli taş kalemi.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈdɹoʊv/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "drove":
army, bunch, cage, colony, corral, crush, drift, drive, flock, gam,
gang, goad, herd, horde, host, kennel, lash, litter, multitude,
pack, pod, press, prick, pride, punch cattle, push, ride herd on,
round up, run, school, shepherd, shoal, skulk, sloth, spur, squash,
throng, trip, troop, whip, wrangle
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 驾驶;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vbl. 驾驶,drive的过去式
n. 畜群
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