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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Crosscut :: Crosscut (n.) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another..
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To pass away; -- said of time.
Driveler :: Driveler (n.) A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool.
Expressman :: Expressman (n.) A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..
Drivel :: Drivel (v. i.) To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love..
Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer..
Rack :: Rack (a.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it..
Engineer :: Engineer (n.) One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver..
Cotter :: Cotter (n.) A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key..
Expulse :: Expulse (v. t.) To drive out; to expel.
Air Engine :: Air engine () An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
Clarence :: Clarence (n.) A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver..
Flyman :: Flyman (n.) The driver of a fly, or light public carriage..
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse..
Coachman :: Coachman (n.) A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.
Drover :: Drover (n.) A boat driven by the tide.
Tennis :: Tennis (n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..
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