drive
operate or control a vehicle
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,106 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,599 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- operate or control a vehicle drive a car or busCan you drive this four-wheel truck?
- travel or be transported in a vehicle also: motor We drove to the university every morningThey motored to London for the theater
- cause someone or something to move by driving She drove me to school every dayWe drove the car to the garage
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically also: force, ram She rammed her mind into focusHe drives me mad
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly She is driven by her passion
- cause to move back by force or influence also: repel, repulse, force back, push back, beat back repel the enemypush back the urge to smoke
drive in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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If you're going to have ructions, why, have 'em, but not on drive.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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The hound broke from him, and he tottered after him down the drive.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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Once already she had been around the lake; and she was continuing her circular drive.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Latterly Sim's troubles seemed to drive him from his home for long walks in the night.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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And she said, 'Mother, don't you know you told him he could drive to see his people, and stay over Sunday?'
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1