drive

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (ergative, transitive) To operate a vehicle:
2. (intransitive) To operate a vehicle:
3. (transitive) To operate a vehicle:
4. (slang, transitive) To operate a vehicle:
5. (intransitive, transitive) To operate a vehicle:
6. (transitive) To compel to move:
7. (transitive) To compel to move:
8. (transitive) To cause to move by the application of physical force:
9. (transitive) To cause to move by the application of physical force:
10. (intransitive) To cause to move by the application of physical force:
11. (transitive) To cause to move by the application of physical force:
12. (transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
13. (transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
14. (transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
15. (transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
16. (transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
17. (transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
18. (transitive) To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
19. (intransitive) To move forcefully.
20. (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
21. (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
22. (transitive) 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. (countable, uncountable) Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
2. (countable, uncountable) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
3. (countable, uncountable) An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.
4. (countable, uncountable) An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.
5. (countable, uncountable) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
6. (countable, uncountable) A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
7. (countable, uncountable) A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
8. (countable, uncountable) A driveway.
9. (countable, uncountable) A type of public roadway.
10. (countable, uncountable) The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
11. (countable, dated, uncountable) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
12. (countable, uncountable) Desire or interest.
13. (countable, uncountable) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
14. (countable, uncountable) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
15. (countable, uncountable) A stroke made with a driver.
16. (countable, uncountable) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
17. (countable, uncountable) 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.
18. (countable, uncountable) A straight level shot or pass.
19. (countable, uncountable) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
20. (countable, uncountable) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
21. (countable, uncountable) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service.
22. (countable, uncountable) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
23. (countable, uncountable) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
24. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.

Concepts

conduire

aller

pousser

chasser

rendre

lecteur

guider

entraîné

diriger

poursuivre

mener

pulsion

piloter

🧑‍✈️

rouler

campagne

aboutir

actionner

entrain

poussée

pourchasser

propulser

faire avancer

commande

prise

viser

traction

amener à

accélérer

adresser

entraîner

remuer

promenade

🚶

enfoncer

emmener

dynamisme

driver

mouvoir

planter

🌱

allée

🛣️

moteur

incitation

faire

manœuvrer

régler

conduite

avenue

commander

avance

claquer

circuler

Opposé de

inertia, lack of motivation, laziness, phlegm, sloth

Synonymes

ride

steer

propel

lead

push

impel

force

chase

urge

conduct

guide

pilot

🧑‍✈️

thrust

go

drive on

chase away

actuate

take

run

expel

impulse

press

campaign

shoo

compel

motor

pursue

move

driving

travel

operate

shove

impetus

motivation

direct

herd

carry

bring

transport

fly

✈️

vigor

advance

driveway

walk

🚶

movement

hustle

convey

spirit

drive away

sail

Traductions

conducir

guidare

treiben

fahren

condurre

manejar

antreiben

οδηγώ

conduir

drijven

conduzir

führen

rijden

voortdrijven

dirigir

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹaɪv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à écossais: drive

Appartenant à frison septentrional: driwe

Appartenant à saterlandais: drieuwe

Appartenant à frison occidental: driuwe

Appartenant à néerlandais: drijven

Appartenant à bas-allemand: drieven

Appartenant à allemand: treiben

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: drive

Appartenant à danois: drive

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: driva

Appartenant à suédois: driva

Appartenant à islandais: drífa

In summary

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”), Yola dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driiv, driiw, driwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to drive; to float”), Alemannic German triibe (“to drive”), Dutch drijven (“to drive, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), Luxembourgish dreiwen (“to drive, propel”), Yiddish טרײַבן (traybn, “to drive”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål drive (“to drive, propel”), Icelandic drífa (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk driva, drive (“to drive, move; to propel; to run”), Swedish driva (“to drive, compel; to drift; to run”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dreiban, “to drive”).

Phrases

Hold the hammer near the end to drive the nail .

Union member drive under way at Foster Farms plant .

Les membres de l'Union conduisent en cours à Foster Farms Usine.

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

Il doit savoir faire de la pluie et chasser les sauterelles.

The cold drizzle will halt the bond drive .

La bruine froide arrêtera le lecteur de Bond.

Rumors of his parents' infidelities drive him to nearly kill a local gossip .

Les rumeurs sur les infidélités de ses parents le poussent à presque tuer un ragots locaux.