drive by Collins

  1. 1) verb, to push, propel, or be pushed or propelled
  2. 2) verb, to control and guide the movement of (a vehicle, draught animal, etc)
  3. 3) verb, to compel or urge to work or act, esp excessively
  4. 4) verb, to goad or force into a specified attitude or state
  5. 5) verb, to cause (an object) to make or form (a hole, crack, etc)
  6. 6) verb, to move or cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
  7. 7) verb, sport to hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically
  8. 8) verb, golf to strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off
  9. 9) verb, a) to chase (game) from cover into more open ground b) to search (an area) for game
  10. 10) verb, to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle
  11. 11) verb, to rush or dash violently, esp against an obstacle or solid object
  12. 12) verb, to carry through or transact with vigour (esp in the phrase drive a hard bargain)
  13. 13) verb, to force (a component) into or out of its location by means of blows or a press
  14. 14) verb, mining to excavate horizontally
  15. 15) verb, to fell (a tree or trees) by the impact of another felled tree
  16. 16) verb, drive home a) to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent b) to make clear by special emphasis
  17. 17) noun, the act of driving
  18. 18) noun, a trip or journey in a driven vehicle
  19. 19) noun, a) a road for vehicles, esp a private road leading to a house b) (capital when part of a street name)
  20. 20) noun, vigorous or urgent pressure, as in business
  21. 21) noun, a united effort, esp directed towards a common goal
  22. 22) noun, a large gathering of persons to play cards, etc
  23. 23) noun, energy, ambition, or initiative
  24. 24) noun, psychol a motive or interest, such as sex, hunger, or ambition, that actuates an organism to attain a goal
  25. 25) noun, a sustained and powerful military offensive
  26. 26) noun, a) the means by which force, torque, motion, or power is transmitted in a mechanism b) (as modifier)
  27. 27) noun, sport a hard straight shot or stroke
  28. 28) noun, a search for and chasing of game towards waiting guns
  29. 29) noun, electronics the signal applied to the input of an amplifier

Etymology

Old English drīfan; related to Old Frisian drīva, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, Old High German trīban

Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008

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Synonyms

ambition, motivation, work, journey, herd, run, ride, trip, spin (informal), hurl (Scot.), outing, excursion, jaunt, initiative, push (informal), energy, enterprise, pep, zip (informal), vigour, get-up-and-go (informal), campaign, push (informal), crusade, action, effort, appeal, advance, surge (Informal), mean, suggest, intend, imply, intimate, get at, insinuate, motor, operate, manage, direct, guide, handle, steer, push, propel, thrust, push, sink, dig, hammer, plunge, stab, ram, urge, impel, force, press, prompt, spur, compel, motivate, oblige, railroad (informal), prod, constrain, prick, coerce, goad, impel, dragoon, actuate, overwork, overburden

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