Word: drives
Category: drives
Computers & Electronics, Arts & Entertainment, Autos & Vehicles
Related words: drives
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Synonyms: drives
excursion, outing, trip, jaunt, tour, ride, run, journey, spin, driveway, approach, access road, urge, appetite, desire, need, impulse, instinct, motivation, ambition, single-mindedness, willpower, dedication, doggedness, tenacity, enthusiasm, zeal, commitment, aggression, spirit, energy, vigor, verve, vitality, pep, get-up-and-go, campaign, crusade, movement, effort, push, appeal, driving force, thrust, private road, parkway, driving, cause
Translations: drives
The meaning and "use of": drives
- a trip or journey in a car. - they went for a drive in the country
- an innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need. - her emotional and sexual drives
- an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a particular purpose, often to raise money. - we're planning a massive membership drive
- the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle. - Once moving, power is balanced between front and rear, reducing drive to rear wheels when not needed, and so cutting fuel consumption.
- (in ball games) a forceful stroke made with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot against the ball. - As the shadows fall across the stadium court, Nalbandian holds his nerve, a backhand drive with both feet off the ground giving him two set points.
- an act of driving a group of animals to a particular destination. - He left home in 1867 hoping to join a cattle drive going north.
- operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle. - he got into his car and drove off
- propel or carry along by force in a specified direction. - the wind will drive you onshore
- urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction. - they drove a flock of sheep through the center of the city
- (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate. - he was driven by ambition
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