drive

Significado

Verb

1. To operate a vehicle
2. To operate a vehicle
3. To operate a vehicle
4. (slang) To operate a vehicle
5. To operate a vehicle
6. To compel to move
7. To compel to move
8. To cause to move by the application of physical force
9. To cause to move by the application of physical force
10. To cause to move by the application of physical force
11. To cause to move by the application of physical force
12. To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
13. To compel to undergo a non-physical change
14. To compel to undergo a non-physical change
15. To compel to undergo a non-physical change
16. To compel to undergo a non-physical change
17. To compel to undergo a non-physical change
18. To compel to undergo a non-physical change
19. To move forcefully.
20. To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
21. To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
22. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
23. To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
24. To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
25. (obsolete) To distrain for rent.
26. To be the dominant party in a sex act.

Noun

1. Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
2. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
3. An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
4. An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
5. A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
6. A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
7. A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
8. A driveway.
9. A type of public roadway.
10. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
11. Desire or interest.
12. An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
13. A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
14. A stroke made with a driver.
15. A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
16. A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
17. A straight level shot or pass.
18. An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
19. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
20. A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
21. An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
22. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
23. (slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɹaɪv/

Etimología

From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driwe (“to drive”), Saterland Frisian drieuwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to chase, drive, impel”), Dutch drijven (“to drive”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Norwegian Bokmål drive, Danish drive (“to drive, run, force”), Norwegian Nynorsk driva, Swedish driva (“to drive, power, drift, push, force”), Icelandic drífa (“to drive, hurry, rush”).

Oraciones

Union member drive under way at Foster Farms plant .

Los miembros del sindicato conducen en marcha en Foster Farms Plant.

He must know how to make rain and drive away the locusts .

Debe saber cómo hacer lluvia y alejar las langostas.

The cold drizzle will halt the bond drive .

La llovizna fría detendrá la unidad de Bond.