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drive
1. verb /draɪv,ˈʤɹaɪv/
a) To herd (animals) in a particular direction.

The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.

b) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.

You drive nails into wood with a hammer.

Syn: herd, force, push, move, operate, impel, incentivise, incentivize, motivate, urge, compel, oblige, require, make, send, take
See Also: drave, drift, driven, drove
2. noun /draɪv,ˈʤɹaɪv/
a) Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition.

Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

b) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.

Napoleons drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.

Syn: ambition, enthusiasm, get-up-and-go, motivation, self-motivation, verve, attack, push, engine, mechanism, motor, ride, spin, trip, approach, driveway, avenue, boulevard, road, street, desire, impetus, impulse, urge, disk drive, line drive
Ant: inertia, laziness, phlegm, sloth

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