(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.