What is the meaning of Drive?

To operate a vehicle:

  1. To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

    To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

    To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

    To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

    To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.

    To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.

    To compel to move:

    1. To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

      To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

      To cause to flee out of.

      To cause to move by the application of physical force:

      1. To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.

        To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.

        To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

        To hit the ball with a drive.

        To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.

        To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.

        To compel to undergo a non-physical change:

        1. To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.

          To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.

          To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

          To compel, exert pressure, coerce .

          To cause to become.

          To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.

          To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.

          To move forcefully.

          To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).

          To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

          To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

          To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

          To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.

          To distrain for rent.

          To be the dominant party in a sex act. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

          Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.

          Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

          An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.

          An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.

          A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.

          A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

          A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

          A driveway.

          A type of public roadway.

          A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

          Desire or interest.

          An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.

          A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.

          A stroke made with a driver.

          A ball struck in a flat trajectory.

          A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.

          A straight level shot or pass.

          An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.

          A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.

          A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.

          An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.

          A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

          Friendly term of address for a bus driver.

          to force, drive, impel

          to run

          to engage in, carry on

          to power

          to drift, float

          drift

          drive

          drive

          inflection of driver:

          1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
          2. second-person singular imperative

          first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

          second-person singular imperative

          to move; turn

          to pursue

          to deviate

          to float; drift

          to operate; run

          to follow

          to drive, propel

          Alternative form of driva

          Alternative form of dhreeve

          drive (a mass-storage device)

          a drive

          a forceful blow, a swipe

          to drive

          Source: wiktionary.org