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(noun) the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" |
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Synonyms: driving force, thrust |
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Related Words: actuation, firewall, impetus, impulse, impulsion, propulsion |
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(noun) a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car" |
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Synonyms: ride |
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Related Words: journey, journeying, joyride, lift |
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(noun) the act of driving a herd of animals overland |
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Related Words: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transportation |
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(noun) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) |
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Related Words: backhand drive, forehand drive, return |
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(noun) hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" |
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Synonyms: driving |
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Related Words: golf shot, golf stroke, swing |
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(verb) move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" |
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Synonyms: aim, get |
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Related Words: intend, mean |
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(verb) chase (game) from cover into more open ground |
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Related Words: hunt, hunt down, run, track down |
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(verb) search (an area) for game |
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Related Words: hunt, hunt down, run, track down |
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(verb) cause to function; "The amplifier drives the tube" |
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Related Words: power |
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(verb) excavate horizontally, in mining |
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Related Words: dig, excavate, hollow |
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(verb) hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off; in golf |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field" |
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Related Words: throw |
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(verb) push or propel; "Drive the cows into the stable" |
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Related Words: impel, propel |
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(verb) compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs" |
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Related Words: make |
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(verb) travel in a vehicle |
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Synonyms: motor |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) operate a vehicle; "drive a car or bus" |
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Related Words: coach, control, cruise, operate, test drive |
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(verb) cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage" |
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Related Words: chauffeur, displace, drive around, move, pull |
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(verb) "The car was driving down the road"; "The convertible tooled down the street" |
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Synonyms: tool |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on; "She is driven by her passion" |
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Related Words: coerce, force, pressure |
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(verb) have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" |
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Synonyms: ride |
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(noun) a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" |
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Synonyms: parkway |
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Related Words: road, route |
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(noun) a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds" |
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Related Words: mechanism |
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(noun) (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium |
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Related Words: CD drive, CD-ROM drive, RAM disk, Winchester drive, device, disc drive, disk drive, external drive, hard drive, internal drive |
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(noun) the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers" |
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Related Words: action, aggressiveness, ambition, ambitiousness, energy, enterprise, enterprisingness, get-up-and-go, go-ahead, initiative, push, trait |
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(noun) a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire |
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Related Words: hunger, hungriness, hypoxia, physiological state, sex drive, thirst |
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(verb) cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" |
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Synonyms: beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse |
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Related Words: force, push |
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(verb) move into a certain direction; of a car; "The van pulled up" |
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Synonyms: pull |
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Related Words: cut in, go, locomote, move, travel |
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(noun) a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway" |
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Synonyms: driveway, private road |
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Related Words: road, route |
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(verb) physical or metaphorical, as in "She rammed her mind into focus" |
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Synonyms: force, ram, run |
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Related Words: thrust, toe |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: campaign, cause, crusade, effort, movement |
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Related Words: ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign, campaigning, candidacy, candidature, ecumenical movement, electioneering, feminism, feminist movement, fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort, gay lib, gay liberation movement, political campaign, reform, venture, war, women's lib, women's liberation movement, youth crusade, youth movement |
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(verb) exert oneself; "She tugged for years to make a decent living" |
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Synonyms: labor, labour, push, tug |
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Related Words: fight, reach, strain, strive, struggle |
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