Definition of drive

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Drive (v. t.) 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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Spanker :: Spanker (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail..
Race :: Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc..
Hopscotch :: Hopscotch (n.) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers..
Water Power :: Water power () A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.
Scud :: Scud (v. i.) To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something..
Fordrive :: Fordrive (v. t.) To drive about; to drive here and there.
Aroint :: Aroint (v. t.) To drive or scare off by some exclamation.
Kraal :: Kraal (n.) An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated.
Justle :: Justle (v. t.) To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.
Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
Gladstone :: Gladstone (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman..
Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..
Charioteer :: Charioteer (n.) One who drives a chariot.
Dislodge :: Dislodge (v. t.) To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms..
Screw :: Screw (n.) Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below..
Stagehouse :: Stagecoachman (n.) One who drives a stagecoach.
Ram :: Ram (v. t.) To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc..
Drove :: Drove (imp.) of Drive.
Scud :: Scud (n.) Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind..
Rage :: Rage (n.) To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds..
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