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(1):

(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.

(2):

(v. t.) To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.

(3):

(v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like.

(4):

(n.) A wooden-headed golf club with a long shaft, for playing the longest strokes.

(5):

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

(6):

(v. t.) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

(7):

(n.) A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.

(8):

(v. i.) To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.

(9):

(v. i.) To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.

(10):

(v. i.) To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.

(11):

(v. t.) To pass away; - said of time.

(12):

(v. i.) To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; - usually with at.

(13):

(n.) A tamping iron.

(14):

(n.) A mallet.

(15):

(n.) An implement used for driving;

(16):

(n.) A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.

(17):

(n.) In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven.

(18):

(v. t.) Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.

(19):

(v. i.) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.

(20):

(p. p.) Driven.

(21):

(n.) The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; - distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.

(22):

(n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

(23):

(n.) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

(24):

(n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.

(25):

(n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

(26):

(v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

(27):

(v. i.) To distrain for rent.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Drive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/drive.html. 1828.
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