Definition of drive

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Drive (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained..

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Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..
Reservoir :: Reservoir (n.) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames..
Rechase :: Rechase (v. t.) To chase again; to chase or drive back.
Tide :: Tide (v. t.) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
Off :: Off (a.) On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg..
Boottree :: Boottree (n.) An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven..
Ram :: Ram (n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Home :: Home (adv.) To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home..
Wagoner :: Wagoner (n.) One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained..
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Overlash :: Overlash (v. i.) To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast..
Strand :: Strand (v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship..
Expatriate :: Expatriate (v. t.) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
Grab :: Grab (n.) An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven..
Driver :: Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward..
Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
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