A Quick and Simple Dictionary

drive

1. Verb.  (transitive) To herd (animals) in a particular direction.
2. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.
4. Verb.  (transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
6. Verb.  (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
7. Verb.  (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To compel (to do something).
9. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to become.
10. Verb.  (intransitive, cricket) To hit the ball with a drive.
11. Verb.  (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
12. Verb.  (transitive) To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
13. Verb.  To move forcefully.
14. Noun.  Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition.
15. Noun.  (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
16. Noun.  A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
17. Noun.  A trip made in a motor vehicle.
18. Noun.  A driveway.
19. Noun.  A type of public roadway.
20. Noun.  (psychology) Desire or interest.
21. Noun.  (computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
22. Noun.  (computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
23. Noun.  (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
24. Noun.  (baseball) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
25. Noun.  (cricket) 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.
26. Noun.  (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
27. Noun.  A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.