Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *drībaną
Proto-West Germanic *drīban
Old English drīfan
Middle English driven
English drive
From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), Yola dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driiv, driiw, driwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to drive; to float”), Alemannic German triibe (“to drive”), Dutch drijven (“to drive, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), Luxembourgish dreiwen (“to drive, propel”), Yiddish טרײַבן (traybn, “to drive”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål drive (“to drive, propel”), Icelandic drífa (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk driva, drive (“to drive, move; to propel; to run”), Swedish driva (“to drive, compel; to drift; to run”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dreiban, “to drive”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
I confess that the sight of my minute man ahead, getting closer and closer, gives me a little more drive even when I think I am going as fast as I can. 1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials, page 136:
As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers. 1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:
Although British involvement in the slave trade prior to 1807 cannot be denied, or its effects diminished, it is also a fact that the Royal Navy was pretty much the only force in the world in the 19th century with the numbers, drive, willingness, firepower, and capability to curtail the global slave trade, and that, without these efforts, many more would no doubt have been taken to slave plantations and other such destinations during the 19th, and possibly even into the 20th, centuries, as it must be remembered that a great many European powers would only begrudgingly commit to ending the slave trade when the other option was continuous war with the British Empire. 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 11:37 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
I can make money from the comfort of my sofa / So much drive, now I gotta get a chauffeur 2024, “Hot One”, in King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2, performed by Denzel Curry, Note the word play involving the senses of operating a vehicle:
Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
(countable, uncountable) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
The Murdstonian drive in business. 1881, Matthew Arnold, The Incompatibles:
(broadly, countable, uncountable) An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. ▸ An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin. 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 79:
(broadly, countable, uncountable) An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. ▸ An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
(countable, uncountable) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces had recaptured Kassala on January 19) the drive was generally eastward towards the capital, Asmara, and the Red Sea port of Massaua. 1941 August, Charles E. Lee, “Railways of Italian East Africa—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
(countable, uncountable) Certain mechanisms in vehicles. ▸ A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
Heat engine-electric hybrid vehicles : The hybrid vehicle on which most development work has been done to date is the one that couples a heat engine with an electric drive system. The objective remains the same as it was in 1900: 2001, Michael Hereward Westbrook, The Electric Car, IET, →ISBN, page 146:
A universal joint shaft takes the drive to the final drive unit mounted centrally on one of the axles. 1958 April 14, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275:
(countable, uncountable) Certain mechanisms in vehicles. ▸ The location of the steering wheel used to control a vehicle.
left-hand drive, right-hand drive
(countable, uncountable) Certain mechanisms in vehicles. ▸ The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
Normally you should be in drive, although you can select a lower gear such as 2 or 1 for certain conditions, such as prolonged downhill stretches.
(countable, uncountable) An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
The drive this morning was awful due to snow and ice.
(countable, uncountable) An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). ▸ A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
It was a long drive to Santa Fe.
We merely waited to rouse good Mrs. Vesey from the place which she still occupied at the deserted luncheon-table, before we entered the open carriage for our promised drive. 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:
(countable, uncountable) An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). ▸ The act of driving a car with no destination in mind, generally to see the scenery, be alone with one's thoughts or to spend time with a partner.
We like to go for a drive on Sunday afternoons.
(countable, dated, uncountable) Certain surfaces for driving on. ▸ A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
(countable, uncountable) Certain surfaces for driving on. ▸ A driveway.
We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Halfway from Hellingly Station, the railway enters the well-kept hospital grounds, and runs parallel with a tree-lined drive about half a mile long. 1957 December 14, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:
I listen for your footsteps coming up the drive / Listen for your footsteps, but they don't arrive 1968, Ringo Starr, “Don't Pass Me By”, performed by The Beatles:
The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.
(capitalized, countable, qualifier:generally, uncountable) Certain surfaces for driving on. ▸ A type of public roadway.
Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
(countable, uncountable) Desire or interest.
1995 March 2, John Carman, "Believe It, You Saw It in Sweeps", SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Believe-It-You-Saw-It-In-Sweeps-3043091.php
On the latter show, former Playboy Playmate Carrie Westcott said she'd never met a man who could match her sexual drive.
(countable, uncountable) A device for reading and writing data. ▸ An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
(countable, uncountable) A device for reading and writing data. ▸ A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
(countable, uncountable) The state of being under pressure, stressed and hurried.
I suffered under the intense drive of my new job.
(countable, uncountable) A stroke made with a driver.
(countable, uncountable) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
a long drive
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) A straight level shot or pass.
And after Rodallega missed two early opportunities, the first a header, the second a low drive easily held by Lukasz Fabianski, it was N'Zogbia who created the opening goal. 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:
(countable, uncountable) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
(countable, uncountable) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
a fund-raising drive
a beetle drive
a whist drive
(countable, uncountable) A campaign aimed at selling or promoting (something).
vaccination drive
(countable, uncountable) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
(countable, uncountable) A collection of objects that are driven.
(countable, uncountable) A collection of objects that are driven. ▸ A mass of logs to be floated down a river or the act of moving them thusly.
(UK, countable, qualifier:especially Bristol and Wales, slang, uncountable) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.
Yeah, thanks, drive!
You boyz all goin' shoppin'?
We are, drive, says Chip. 2017 March 21, Leonora Brito, Dat's Love and Other Stories, Parthian Books, →ISBN:
Soon every stop on every route was once again punctuated by rounds of 'Cheers drive! Cheers drive! Cheers drive!' And with this little nicety reinstated, all was relatively well in Bristol town. 2018 June 28, Wilf Merttens, Bristol Urban Legends: The Hotwells Crocodile and Other Stories, The History Press, →ISBN:
'Cheers, Drive!' said Dylan as they climbed off the bus. 2019 May 30, Ed Clarke, The Secret Dragon, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
The coaches dropped us where we had begun, outside the chapel; each child in turn piping up, 'Thank you, drive!' as we disembarked. 2017 July 1, Huw Lewis, To Hear the Skylark's Song, Parthian Books, →ISBN:
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a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business) · ru пое́здка (trip made in a motor vehicle) · eu pasealeku (type of public roadway) · chr ᎠᏠᏓᎪᎵᏰᏍᎩ (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · fi veto (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · cs jednotka (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · de Weg (type of public roadway) · de Antrieb (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · hu rönktömeg (a collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river) · fi paimennus (act of driving animals forward) · sv driv (motivation to do or achieve) · cs tah na bránu (motivation to do or achieve) · sv drev (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · bg подтик (motivation to do or achieve) · de Schwung (motivation to do or achieve) · ru сти́мул (motivation to do or achieve) · fi keräys (charity event) · cs pud (psychology: desire or interest) · sv framåtanda (motivation to do or achieve) · fi kyyti (trip made in a motor vehicle) · ru драйв (psychology: desire or interest) · cs příjezdová cesta (driveway) · fr élan (motivation to do or achieve) · hu kocsiút (trip made in a motor vehicle) · sk priebojnosť (motivation to do or achieve) · cs tažení (military: sustained advance) · ga céide (type of public roadway) · id kandar (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · fr virée (trip made in a motor vehicle) · pt drive (computing: mass-storage device) · pt viagem/passeio (de carro/automóvel) (trip made in a motor vehicle) · sv drivenhet (computing: mass-storage device) · hu ösztönzés (motivation to do or achieve) · eo disko (computing: mass-storage device) · it alacrità (motivation to do or achieve) · de Drive (motivation to do or achieve) · pt ímpeto (motivation to do or achieve) · fi draivi (motivation to do or achieve) · fa سائق (psychology: desire or interest) · fi draivi (golf: stroke made with a driver) · ja ドライブ (trip made in a motor vehicle) · ka დისკწამყვანი (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · fi tahto (psychology: desire or interest) · fi tarmo (motivation to do or achieve) · fi käyttökoneisto (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · eo drajvo (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · fi ajo (trip made in a motor vehicle) · bg возене (trip made in a motor vehicle) · fi väylä (type of public roadway) · nl drijfveer (psychology: desire or interest) · nl oprijlaan (driveway) · fi koneisto (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · fr dynamisme (motivation to do or achieve) · ca viatge de cotxe (trip made in a motor vehicle) · ru езда́ (trip made in a motor vehicle) · hu energia (violent or rapid motion; 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a mass of logs to be floated down a river) · de Laufwerk (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · de Zufahrt (driveway) · ru прое́зд (driveway) · sv drivkraft (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · fi levyasema (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · hu indíttatás (motivation to do or achieve) · fi paimentaminen (act of driving animals forward) · hu hév (violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business) · pt entrada (driveway) · es viaje de carro (trip made in a motor vehicle) · el οδηγός (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · fi ajo (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · pl napęd (computing: mass-storage device) · fi hyväntekeväisyystapahtuma (charity event) · sv drivkraft (psychology: desire or interest) · fi pihatie (driveway) · fi käyttö (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · sv tåg (military: sustained advance) · cmn 磁盤 /磁盘 (computing: mass-storage device) · nl rit (trip made in a motor vehicle) · es raiteada (trip made in a motor vehicle) · ru побужде́ние (psychology: desire or interest) · tr dürtü (psychology: desire or interest) · es drive (draiv) (computing: mass-storage device) · sl dovoz (driveway) · it spinta (motivation to do or achieve) · hu előretörés (military: sustained advance) · izh ajo (trip made in a motor vehicle) · de Trieb (psychology: desire or interest) · fi levy (computing: mass-storage device) · sv tur (trip made in a motor vehicle) · hu kocsifelhajtó (driveway) · nl aandrijving (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · pl stacja (computing: mass-storage device) · ru драйв (cricket: type of shot) · fr pulsion (psychology: desire or interest) · sl gon (psychology: desire or interest) · hu meghajtó (computing: mass-storage device) · gd slighe (type of public roadway) · nl drift (type of public roadway) · sk jednotka (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · gl motivación (motivation to do or achieve) · pt desejo (psychology: desire or interest) · cs cesta (type of public roadway) · hu hajtóvadászat (act of driving animals forward) · pl stacja dysków (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · hu feljáró (driveway) · sv motor (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · ko 드라이브 (trip made in a motor vehicle) · es dispositivo (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · es motor (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · ru побужде́ние (motivation to do or achieve) · fr volonté (motivation to do or achieve) · de Drive (baseball, tennis: ball struck in a flat trajectory) · uk накопи́чувач (computing: mass-storage device) · de Auffahrt (driveway) · it avanzata (military: sustained advance) · nl drijven (act of driving animals forward) · de Tatkraft (motivation to do or achieve) · fr offensive (military: sustained advance) · es recolección benéfica (charity event) · es púlsar (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · hu hajtómű (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · hu autófeljáró (driveway) · it risolutezza (motivation to do or achieve) · tr sürücü (computing: mass-storage device) · hu terelés (act of driving animals forward) · fr avancée (military: sustained advance) · nl motivatie (psychology: desire or interest) · ru драйв (baseball, tennis: ball struck in a flat trajectory) · fi moottori (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · es viaje de coche (trip made in a motor vehicle) · gl determinación (motivation to do or achieve) · es lector (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · it disco (computing: mass-storage device) · hu hadjárat (military: sustained advance) · fi motivaatio (motivation to do or achieve) · cs projížďka (trip made in a motor vehicle) · fi levyasema (computing: mass-storage device) · it ingranaggio (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · pl napęd (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · hu autózás (trip made in a motor vehicle) · ru накопи́тель (computing: mass-storage device) · hu ösztön (psychology: desire or interest) · ru драйв (motivation to do or achieve) · es disco (computing: mass-storage device) · hu elán (violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business) · es raid (Mesoamerica) (trip made in a motor vehicle) · fi matka (trip made in a motor vehicle) · fi into (motivation to do or achieve) · it elemento propulsivo (mechanism used to power a vehicle) · sv infart (driveway) · pt vontade (psychology: desire or interest) · sh pogon (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · fi laakapallo (baseball, tennis: ball struck in a flat trajectory) · ru драйв (computing: mass-storage device) · hu offenzíva (military: sustained advance) · hu előrenyomulás (military: sustained advance) · es campaña benéfica (charity event) · es vectación (trip made in a motor vehicle) · ms kesungguhan (motivation to do or achieve) · de Einfahrt (driveway) · fi ryntäys (violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business) · fi ajaminen (act of driving animals forward) · sv drift (motivation to do or achieve) · de Drive (golf: stroke made with a driver) · nl oprit (driveway) · pt unidade (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · it grinta (motivation to do or achieve) · ro unitate (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · es raite (trip made in a motor vehicle) · sl pogon (computing: apparatus for reading and writing to or from a storage device) · fi eteneminen (military: sustained advance) · ko 드라이브 (computing: mass-storage device) · hu felhajtó (driveway) · de Fahrt (trip made in a motor vehicle)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *drībaną
Proto-West Germanic *drīban
Old English drīfan
Middle English driven
English drive
From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), Yola dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driiv, driiw, driwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to drive; to float”), Alemannic German triibe (“to drive”), Dutch drijven (“to drive, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), Luxembourgish dreiwen (“to drive, propel”), Yiddish טרײַבן (traybn, “to drive”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål drive (“to drive, propel”), Icelandic drífa (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk driva, drive (“to drive, move; to propel; to run”), Swedish driva (“to drive, compel; to drift; to run”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dreiban, “to drive”).
Meanings
(ergative, transitive) To operate a vehicle: ▸ To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.
The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.
(intransitive) To operate a vehicle: ▸ To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
I drive to work every day.
(transitive) To operate a vehicle: ▸ To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
My cousin drove me to the airport.
(slang, transitive) To operate a vehicle: ▸ To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
drive a 737
(intransitive, transitive) To operate a vehicle: ▸ To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:
(transitive) To compel to move: ▸ (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
(transitive) To compel to move: ▸ (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
We'll drive the enemy from these lands once and for all.
The hunting dog drove the birds out of the tall grass.
(transitive) To cause to move by the application of physical force: ▸ To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
Moving very quietly, I crept up the stairs, and at the top drove one drawing-pin into the lintel about a foot up, another at the same height into the baluster opposite […] 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
You drive nails into wood with any hammer; it's not as strenuous as driving a tunnel through the rock.
(transitive) To cause to move by the application of physical force: ▸ To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
The pistons drive the crankshaft.
(intransitive) To cause to move by the application of physical force: ▸ To hit the ball with a drive.
(transitive) To cause to move by the application of physical force: ▸ To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
(transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
One fire drives out one fire; one nail, one nail;
Rights by rights falter, strengths by strengths do fail. c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
(transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change: ▸ To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
My husband's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
(transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change: ▸ To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
What drives a person to run a marathon?
(transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change: ▸ To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
But darkness and the gloomy shade of death
Environ you, till mischief and despair
Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves! 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
He driuen to dismount, threatned, if I did not the like, to doo as much for my horse, as Fortune had done for his. c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
(transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change: ▸ To cause to become.
You are driving me crazy!
1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Maud, XXV, 1. in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, p. 90,
And then to hear a dead man chatter
Is enough to drive one mad.
This constant complaining is going to drive me insane.
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
(transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change: ▸ To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
[…] Demosthenes desired them first to put in at Pylos and not to proceed on their voyage until they had done what he wanted. They objected, but it so happened that a storm came on and drove them into Pylos. 1881, “Thucydides”, in Benjamin Jowett, transl., History of the Peloponnesian War, Oxford: Clarendon, Volume I, Book 4, p. 247:
Frothing at the mouth and threatening expulsion, Coach relentlessly drove the team to more laps of the pitch.
(transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change: ▸ To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
If you drive yourself so much, you'll end up having a breakdown.
The negotiations were driven to completion minutes before the final deadline.
And now we're waiting for the very same people to establish GBR, drive through urgently needed fares reform, and come up with imaginative and effective train operating contracts... 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
(intransitive) To move forcefully.
Thus while the Pious Prince his Fate bewails,
Fierce Boreas drove against his flying Sails.
And rent the Sheets […] 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, lines 146-148:
It would seem they were regarding this new antagonist with astonishment. To their intelligence, it may be, the giant was even such another as themselves. The Thunder Child fired no gun, but simply drove full speed towards them. It was probably her not firing that enabled her to get so near the enemy as she did. They did not know what to make of her. One shell, and they would have sent her to the bottom forthwith with the Heat-Ray. 1898, H.G. Wells, “The "Thunder Child."”, in The War of the Worlds, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, retrieved 24 Nov 2022, page 175:
Time driveth onward fast,
And in a little while our lips are dumb. 1833, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Lotos-Eaters”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, page 113:
The impressive Frenchman drove forward with purpose down the right before cutting infield and darting in between Vassiriki Diaby and Koscielny. 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:
[…] Unequal match’d,
Pyrrhus at Priam drives, in rage strikes wide; c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
Charles, ill in body and mind, and glad to escape from his enemies under cover of the night and a driving tempest, was at length compelled to sign the treaty of Passau […] 1855, William H[ickling] Prescott, chapter 1, in History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, book I, page 7:
(intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
[…] the Captain […] order’d the Cable to be cut, and let the Ship drive nearer the Land, where she soon beat to pieces: 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, page 12:
[…] as a duck for life that dives,
So up and down the poor ship drives: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, prologue]:
(transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
You know the Trade of Life can’t be driven without Partners; there is a reciprocal Dependance between the Greatest and the Least. 1694, Jeremy Collier, “Of General Kindness”, in Miscellanies in Five Essays, London: Sam. Keeble & Jo. Hindmarsh, page 69:
(transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
We come not with design of wastful Prey,
To drive the Country, force the Swains away: 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, lines 744-745:
To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
If the miners find no ore, they drive or cut a gallery from the pit a short distance at right angles to the direction of the lodes found
To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
km បរ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · de führen (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · fi tehdä (to cause to become) · it spingere ((intransitive) to move forcefully) · es ir en coche (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · ru везти́ (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · vi lái xe (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · th ขับรถ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · cmn 開車 /开车 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · grc ἐλαύνω (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ca conduir (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fi ohjastaa (to direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal) · nn køyra (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mi ike (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · ga tiomáin (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · it azionare (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · ne चलाउनु (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu hajt (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · nl drijven (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · mww tsav (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · bg ка́рам (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · sk šoférovať (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fi kyyditä (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · sv driva (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · bg задви́жвам (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · grc ἐλαύνω (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ga bagair (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · tr sürmek (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu beüt (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · is reka (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · th จิก (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · mi whiu (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · cmn 開車 /开车 (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · fi pakottaa (to compel (to do something)) · he הניע (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · sv driva (to compel (to do something)) · haw ārahi (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · it scarrozzare (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · da køre (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu kiszorít (to displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force) · uk ганя́ти (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · cy gyrru (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · hu kényszerít (to compel (to do something)) · mi tāwhiu (to cause animals to flee out of) · xal хадх (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · cu гънати (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ba ҡыуыу (to direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal) · ba әйҙәү (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ps موټر چلول (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · dsb gnaś (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · my မောင်း (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · grc ἐλαύνω (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · sv köra (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · cmn 驅動 /驱动 (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · eo konduki (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · sv skjutsa (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · nl rijden (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mk го́ни (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ja 駆る (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · nl indrijven (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · hy վարել (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · sv köra (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · li vare (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ko 몰다 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fi heittää (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · ar سَاقَ (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · fa راندن (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · it condurre (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · it condurre (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · gsw triibe (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · es manejar (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · ko 몰다 (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · de einschlagen (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · oc menar (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ru сподвигать (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · et sõitma (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · sv åka (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · nn køyre (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · it trascinare (to be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship)) · bua хадаха (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · ba йөрөү (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · sv framföra (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · uk ї́здити (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ru вози́ть (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · cs řídit (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · es conducir (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ru е́здить (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · nl maken (to cause to become) · fi lyödä (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · it condurre (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · lld avisé (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · sk riadiť (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ga spreag (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · sv driva (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fr pousser (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · km បរ (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · cmn 趕 /赶 (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fr chasser (to cause animals to flee out of) · no drive (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fi paimentaa (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · nl drijven (to direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal) · ang crūdan (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ms memandu (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · lv braukt (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ang drīfan (to direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal) · tr kullanmak (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · bg принужда́вам (to compel (to do something)) · ru гоня́ть (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · yue 開車 /开车 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fr conduire (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · hu űz (to cause animals to flee out of) · de fahren (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ug ھەيدىمەك (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fa برانگیختن (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · fr rendre (to cause to become) · hy քշել (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · sv driva (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · be гнаць (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · tr zorlamak (to compel (to do something)) · tr gitmek (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · bg во́зя се (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · sv sporra (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · el οδηγώ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mk вози (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · acw ساق (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ba йөрөтөү (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · ro conduce (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · es llevar (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · hu -ít (to cause to become) · it spingere (to compel (to do something)) · mi taraiwa (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · osx driƀan (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fi ohjata (to direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal) · it portare (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · fi iskeä (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · eo drajvi ((cricket, tennis, baseball) to hit the ball with a drive) · th ขับ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ar سَاقَ (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fi kannustaa (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · bg ка́рам (to compel (to do something)) · sv valla (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · bo བཏང (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · is keyra (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · sv köra (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · hu terel (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · it motivare (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · ckb لێخوڕین (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · hu elkerget (to cause animals to flee out of) · fi käyttää (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · zdj upveha (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · hsb hnać (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · gv imman (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mi ārahi (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ota چاقمق (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · hu vezet (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · hu ösztönöz (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · cy gyrru (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ro mâna (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · nan-hbl 捍車 /捍车 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ota قاقمق (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · sl voziti se (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · hu hajt (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · fr emmener (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · mt saq (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · eo peli (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fa واداشتن (to compel (to do something)) · nrf cachi (to cause animals to flee out of) · sk hnať (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · sl voziti (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mn жолоодох (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ba идара итеү (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · pt impelir (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · ba ҡыуып сығарыу (to cause animals to flee out of) · lt važiuoti (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mi uruhi (to compel (to do something)) · hu ejt (to cause to become) · fr rouler (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · ru води́ть (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mn хадах (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · ur چلانا (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hi चलाना (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · cs hnát (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · txb äk- (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · sq ngar (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · nl aandrijven (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · uk вести́ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu hajt (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · be ганя́ць (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · bg шофирам (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · tr harekete geçirmek (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · de antreiben (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · ba йөрөтөү (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · eo veturigi (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · uk гна́ти (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · acw ساق (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fa انگیختن (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · tr mecbur etmek (to compel (to do something)) · ar قَادَ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · es arrear (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · rar faʻaʻoro (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · pt levar (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · yi פֿאָרן (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · tr sürmek (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · hu bever (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · tr vurmak (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · cmn 駛 /驶 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · es conducir (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · osx drivan (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · it trainare (to be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship)) · nl drijven (to compel (to do something)) · ga tiomáin (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · hu visz (to cause to become) · gv imman (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · is skutla (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · da drive (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · vi lái (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu autózik (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · ofs drīva (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ru гнать (to cause animals to flee out of) · gsw faare (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · pl wbić (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · ru заби́ть (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · de treiben (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · sv driva på (to cause animals to flee out of) · km បើក (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · it guidare (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · de zwingen (to compel (to do something)) · ru вести́ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · he נהג (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · ko 운전하다 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · cmn 驅趕 /驱赶 (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ru е́хать (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · fi ajaa (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · de antreiben (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · ja 運転する (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · uk води́ти (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · he הסיע (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · oc conduire (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu indít (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · bg го́ня (to cause animals to flee out of) · id mengemudi (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fr enfoncer (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · haw hoʻoholo (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · de schlagen (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · gl espetar (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · pt dirigir (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · nl motiveren (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · sh го̀нити (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fr conduire (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ne गुडाउनु (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · la impellō (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · sv driva (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · es motivar (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · hu vezet (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fi yllyttää (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · tl magmaneho (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · de forttreiben (to cause animals to flee out of) · fi ajaa (to cause to become) · ru гнать (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fi ajaa (to direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal) · lt varyti (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · osx ledian (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · de treiben (to cause animals to flee out of) · fi pyörittää (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · fr entraîner (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · fi motivoida (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · hy քշել (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fi kyydittää (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · es volver (to cause to become) · hu hajt (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fa راندن (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · hu elűz (to cause animals to flee out of) · fi ajaa (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · uk ї́хати (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · it rendere (to cause to become) · bg го́ня (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fi ajaa (to compel (to do something)) · is aka (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · de fahren (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · ja 打ち込む (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · br bleinañ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fr battre (to cause animals to flee out of) · ajp ساق (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fa روندن (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · orv гънати (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · pl kierować (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · tr götürmek (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · es timonear (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · yue 揸車 /揸车 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fa راندن (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · nl voortdrijven (to cause animals to flee out of) · tr icbar etmek (to compel (to do something)) · hi चलाना (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · sm ta'avale (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · pl wbijać (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · fi pakottaa (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · zdj uɓalia hwenɗa (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · la pellō (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · nl besturen (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fi ohjata (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · hu működtet (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · pl prowadzić (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu autóval/kocsivalvisz (el) (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · mi ā (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fi ajaa (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · sh gòniti (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fr pousser (to compel (to do something)) · th ต้อน (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ary ساق (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ary نده (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · es manejar (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · sv driva (to cause to become) · fi pakottaa (to cause to become) · io vehar (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ba барыу (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · ga tiomáin (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · ga tiomáin (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ru гоня́ть (to cause animals to flee out of) · fi kuskata (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · pl gnać (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · tr sevk etmek (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · sw kuendesha (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · pt espantar (to cause animals to flee out of) · hu kerget (to cause animals to flee out of) · ba йөрөтөү (to direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal) · fi rynnätä ((intransitive) to move forcefully) · de machen (to cause to become) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · de fahren (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · pt tocar (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · sl goniti (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · lv vadīt (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · yue 趕 /赶 (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ja ドライブする (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · es ir en auto (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · cmn 駕駛 /驾驶 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · nl rijden (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · et juhtima (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fr conduire (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · pt tanger (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · id mengemudikan (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mi pāike (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · fi ajaa (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · sv köra (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · lo ຂັບ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · is knýja (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · nb kjøre (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · th ผลัก (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ru забива́ть (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · de antreiben (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · gd draibh (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ru управля́ть (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · lt vairuoti (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ar سَاقَ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · he נהג (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu becsavar (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · tr çalıştırmak (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · kw lewya (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ko 드라이브하다 (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · chr ᎠᎯᎴᎭ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fi kyysätä (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · ln kumba (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ja 追う (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · pt conduzir (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ru е́хать (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · lo ຂັບລົດ (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · mi haukuru ((cricket, tennis, baseball) to hit the ball with a drive) · fr guider (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ps چلول (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · bg во́зя (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · fr aller (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · ro ghida (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · pt deixar (to cause to become) · arz يسوق (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · ru е́здить (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · fr conduire (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · bg ка́рам (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · es ir en carro (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · ba ҡыуыу (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · rm charrar (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · bg ка́рам (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · nl drijven (to cause to become) · nl rijden (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · de vertreiben (to cause animals to flee out of) · de wegtreiben (to cause animals to flee out of) · hu (chiefly with -vá/-vé) tesz (to cause to become) · as চলোৱা (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · pdc faahre (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · kw lewyas (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · fi ajaa (to cause animals to flee out of) · fi ajaa (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · mi whakatere (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · sga aigid (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · tr motive etmek (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · gl afalar (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · ta ஓட்டு (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · hu belekerget (to compel (to do something)) · ba ҡыуыу (to cause animals to flee out of) · arz ساق (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · de treiben (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · es conducir (to travel by operating a motorized vehicle) · pt operar (to cause (a mechanism) to operate) · haw hoʻokele (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · tr haydamak (to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) · bg мотиви́рам (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · hu vezet (to motivate; to provide an incentive for) · gv imman (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · fi kuljettaa (to convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle) · haw hoʻoholo (to impel or urge (especially animals) onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on) · lt įvaryti (to move (something) by hitting it with great force) · de treiben (to cause to become)